Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Germany |
 This article is part of the series: |
|
|
|
Constitution
Legislature
Judiciary
Executive
Elections
Foreign policy
|
|
Other countries · Atlas Politics portal |
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.
Contents |
[edit] International contacts
The DBD had friendly relations with peasants' parties in other socialist 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].
[edit] Chairmen of the DBD
| Ernst Goldenbaum | 1948-1982 |
| Ernst Mecklenburg | 1982-1987 |
| Günther Maleuda | 1987-1990 |
| Ulrich Junghanns | 1990-1990 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
  |
This article about a political party in Germany is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
