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(Redirected from Democratic Peasants' Party of Germany) East German political party
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands
ChairmanErnst Goldenbaum
(1948–1982)
Ernst Mecklenburg
(1982–1987)
Günther Maleuda
(1987–1990)
Ulrich Junghanns (1990)
Founded29 April 1948
Dissolved15 September 1990
Merged intoCDU
HeadquartersEast Berlin, East Germany
NewspaperBauern Echo
Membership (1988)122,000
IdeologyAgrarianism
Agrarian socialism (until 1989)
National affiliationDemocratic Bloc (1948–1950)
National Front (1950–1990)
ColoursGreen
Party flag

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 the exception of the last GDR cabinet). 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.

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

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). Besides that, there were some contacts with farmers' associations in West Germany. They had also some contacts with agrarian parties in Finland (Centre Party) and in Sweden (Centre Party).

Electoral history

Volkskammer elections

Election Votes % Seats +/–
1949 as part of Democratic Bloc 15 / 330 –
1950 as part of National Front 30 / 400 Increase 15
1954 45 / 400 Increase 15
1958 45 / 400 Steady
1963 45 / 434 Steady
1967 45 / 434 Steady
1971 45 / 434 Steady
1976 45 / 434 Steady
1981 52 / 500 Increase 7
1986 52 / 500 Steady
1990 251,226 2.2% 9 / 400 Decrease 43
  1. The 1,400 elected members of the Third German People's Congress selected the members of the second German People's Council.

Chairmen of the DBD

References

  1. http://www.chronikderwende.de/lexikon/glossar/glossar_jsp/key=dbp.html DBD Deutsche Bauernpartei from chronik der wende
  2. "Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands (DBD)". jugendopposition.de.
  3. Richter, Michael (2009). Die friedliche Revolution: Aufbruch zur Demokratie in Sachsen 1989/90. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 1078. ISBN 978-3647369143.
  4. DBD Deutsche Bauernpartei from chronik der wende
  5. Dirk Jurich, Staatssozialismus und gesellschaftliche Differenzierung: eine empirische Studie, p.31. LIT Verlag Münster, 2006, ISBN 3825898938
  6. Peter Joachim Lapp Die "befreundeten Parteien" der SED, 1988, p. 103
  7. Peter Joachim Lapp Die "befreundeten Parteien" der SED, 1988, p. 108

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Democratic Bloc (1945–1950)
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