Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany

Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands
Chairman	Ernst Goldenbaum (1948–82) Ernst Mecklenburg (1982–87) Günther Maleuda (1987–90) Ulrich Junghanns (1990)
Founded	17 June 1948
Dissolved	15 September 1990
Merged into	CDU
Headquarters	East Berlin, East Germany
Newspaper	Bauernecho
Membership (1988)	122,000 ^[1]
Ideology	Agrarianism
National affiliation	National Front (1950–90)
Colours	Green
Party flag

Politics of East Germany Elections

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 chronik der wendeDBD Deutsche Bauernpartei from 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. In the late 1980s, the party had 117,000 members.^[2]

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) netted it only nine seats. In 1990 the DBD merged with the Christian Democratic Union.

International contacts 1
Chairmen of the DBD 2
References 3
External links 4

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).^[3] Besides that, there were some contacts with farmers' associations in West Germany.^[4]

Chairmen of the DBD

Ernst Goldenbaum, 1948–82
Ernst Mecklenburg, 1982–87
Günther Maleuda, 1987–90
Ulrich Junghanns, 1990

References

^ http://www.chronikderwende.de/lexikon/glossar/glossar_jsp/key=dbp.html DBD Deutsche Bauernpartei from chronik der wende
^ Dirk Jurich, Staatssozialismus und gesellschaftliche Differenzierung: eine empirische Studie, p.31. LIT Verlag Münster, 2006, ISBN 3825898938
^ Peter Joachim Lapp Die "befreundeten Parteien" der SED, 1988, p. 103
^ Peter Joachim Lapp Die "befreundeten Parteien" der SED, 1988, p. 108

External links

chronik der wendeDeutsche Bauernpartei from

Political parties in East Germany (German Democratic Republic)

Parties of the Democratic Bloc (1945–1950)	Communist Party of Germany (to 1946) Social Democratic Party of Germany (to 1946) Christian Democratic Union Liberal Democratic Party Socialist Unity Party of Germany (from 1946)

Parties of the National Front (1950–1989)	Socialist Unity Party of Germany Christian Democratic Union of Germany Liberal Democratic Party of Germany National Democratic Party of Germany (formed in 1948) Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany (formed in 1948)

Parties during and after the Peaceful Revolution (1989–1990)	Alliance 90 Democracy Now Initiative for Peace and Human Rights New Forum Alliance for Germany Christian Democratic Union Democratic Awakening German Social Union Association of Free Democrats Liberal Democratic Party Free Democratic Party German Forum Party Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany Green Party National Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party Socialist Unity Party of Germany—Party of Democratic Socialism United Left

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