Liberal Democratic Party of Germany

Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
Liberal-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands
ChairmanWaldemar Koch (first)
Rainer Ortleb (last)
Founded5 July 1945
Dissolved27 March 1990
Merged intoAssociation of Free Democrats (party)
HeadquartersEast Berlin, East Germany
NewspaperDer Morgen
Membership (1987)106,000[1]
Ideology1945–1949, 1990:
Liberalism
Economic liberalism[2]
Modern liberalism (1989–1990)[3]
Liberal democracy (1945–1949) (faction)[4]
1950–1990:
Liberal socialism
Liberal democracy[5]
Humanism[6]
Socialism (1967–1990)[7][8]
National affiliationDemocratic Bloc (1945–1950)
National Front (1950–1990)
Association of Free Democrats (1990)
ColoursBlack, red, yellow (National colours)
Party flag

The Liberal Democratic Party of Germany (German: Liberal-Demokratische Partei Deutschlands, LDPD) was a political party in East Germany. Like the other allied bloc parties of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) in the National Front, it had 52 representatives in the People's Chamber.

  1. ^ Dirk Jurich, Staatssozialismus und gesellschaftliche Differenzierung: eine empirische Studie, p.31. LIT Verlag Münster, 2006, ISBN 3825898938
  2. ^ "East Germany - Liberal Democratic Party of Germany".
  3. ^ "Encyclopaedia: Liberal Demokratische Partei Deutschlands (LDPD)". Archived from the original on 14 December 2004.
  4. ^ Fricke, Karl Wilhelm; Steinbach, Peter; Tuchel, Johannes (2002). Opposition und Widerstand in der DDR: Politische Lebensbilder. C.H.Beck. ISBN 978-3-406-47619-8.
  5. ^ Wir Liberaldemokraten stärken das sozialistische Vaterland, Berlin 1966
  6. ^ Hans Loch: Der Sozialismus – die Humanität des 20. Jahrhunderts [1951]. In: Ders. Aus Reden und Aufsätzen. Der Morgen, Berlin 1985, DNB 860645290, S. 105.
  7. ^ Manfred Gerlach, LDP(D) – eine politische Biographie. 12 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Letzter DDR-Staatsratsvorsitzender Gerlach tot". 18 October 2011.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne