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]
IdeologyLiberalism (1945–1949, 1989–1990)
Liberal socialism (1950–1988)
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

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