Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
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The Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (German: Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands (DBD)) was an East German political party. The DBD was founded in 1948. It had 52 representatives in the Volkskammer, as part of the National Front. The DBD participated in all GDR cabinets (with exception of the last GDR cabinet). According to Deutsche Bauernpartei from chronik der wende the founding of the DBD was an attempt by the SED to weaken the influence of CDU/LDPD in the rural community by establishing a party loyal to the SED. The leadership cadre came mainly from the ranks of the SED.
After the fall of Berlin Wall, the party initially tried to find itself a niche as ecological agrarian party, but the first free Volkskammer election (1990) ended with unpromising results for the Farmers' Party. In 1990 the DBD merged with the Christian Democratic Union.
International contacts
The DBD had friendly relations with peasants' parties in other Eastern Bloc countries. It had close contacts with the Polish United People's Party (Zjednoczone Stronnictwo Ludowe, ZSL) and the Bulgarian Agrarian National Union (Bǔlgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sǔyuz, BZNS).[1] Besides that, there were some contacts with farmers' associations in West Germany.[2]
Chairmen of the DBD
References
- ^ Peter Joachim Lapp Die "befreundeten Parteien" der SED, 1988, p. 103
- ^ Peter Joachim Lapp Die "befreundeten Parteien" der SED, 1988, p. 108
External links
Categories:
- Political parties in East Germany
- Agrarian parties
- Political parties established in 1948
- Political parties disestablished in 1990
- Defunct political parties in Germany
- German political party stubs
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