398:
282:
844:
585:
22:
480:
138:
521:
approaching on 3 October 1990, the East German SPD held a final party congress on 26 September 1990, and decided to merge with the West German SPD. The following day, Wolfgang
Thierse joined the unified party's executive board and was also appointed deputy chairman. He resigned from the latter
316:, winning 6 seats. However, it was prevented from participating in the elections from 1954 and onwards under accusations of "espionage" and "diversion" by DDR and SED authorities; it suffered increasing harassment and was eventually closed in 1981.
329:
and Martin
Gutzeit took the initiative to revive a Social Democratic Party in the GDR. The two made organisational preparations and in April 1989 produced the first draft of the foundation appeal. In August, the appeal was presented at the
382:, who had become the de facto leader of East Germany after the SED surrendered its monopoly of power a week earlier, and various opposition groups. The talks resulted in representatives of the opposition groups joining Modrow's cabinet as
365:
to avoid associations with the SPD that had merged into the SED, and also to brand itself as independent of the West German SPD. Stephan
Hilsberg, a programmer, was elected as the first party spokesman, while Ibrahim Böhme became manager.
345:
was a direct challenge to the political system of the GDR and especially to the SED, whose basis was undermined by the mere existence of a Social
Democratic Party. The SED based its claim to power on being the sole representative of the
423:
The election yielded disappointing results for the Social
Democrats. Instead of gaining an absolute majority, as they had expected, they won 21.9% of the vote, resulting in 88 seats and second place. The party fared best in the
497:. Though Böhme failed to acknowledge this, he agreed to suspend his party functions (he was later expelled from the party in 1992). On 8 April 1990, Meckel was chosen as the interim chairman, until an extraordinary meeting in
290:
301:(SED). Within a short time, however, the few independent-minded members from the SPD side of the merger had been pushed out, and the SED became a full-fledged Communist party–essentially the KPD under a new name.
420:. The congress decided on a basic manifesto and a statute of the party and also elected an executive board, with Böhme serving as party chairman and Meckel as one of his deputies.
428:
of Berlin (34.9%), Potsdam (34.4%) and
Frankfurt (Oder) (31.9%), and by far worst in the district of Dresden (9.7%). When the new parliament constituted itself, Social Democrat
476:(social issues) and Walter Romberg (finance). The SPD initially supported de Maizière's policy of speedy reunification with West Germany, but left the cabinet on 20 August.
425:
413:, to conform with (and profit from association with) the West German SPD. At the same time, party organisation was created at the level of districts and regions.
374:
Between
October and December, local groups of the SDP were formed in different towns. From 7 December 1989, two representatives of the party participated in the
773:
664:
39:
353:
On 7 October 1989, forty or fifty people, mostly from Berlin and the southern parts of the country, assembled at the vicarage of
Schwante, a town near
914:
879:
509:, former Chancellor of West Germany and honorary chairman of the West German SPD, was elected as honorary chairman of the East German SPD as well.
487:
Ibrahim Böhme was slated to have been a senior minister in the government. However, during the coalition talks he had been unmasked as a longtime
919:
566:
86:
894:
58:
929:
889:
858:
575:
909:
544:
416:
Elections were scheduled for 18 March. Three weeks before that date, the SPD held its first party congress from 22 to 25 February 1990 in
65:
884:
818:
536:"In der frischen Tradition des Herbstes 1989". Die SDP/SPD in der DDR: Von der Gründung über die Volkskammerarbeit zur deutschen Einheit
904:
719:
654:
617:
447:
289:
What became East
Germany was traditionally the heartland for the SPD in united Germany. In 1946, the Soviet occupation authorities
72:
397:
787:
758:
670:
54:
702:
741:
659:
622:
559:
808:
729:
611:
451:
261:
184:
763:
440:
After internal debates the party members agreed to coalition talks with the winner of the election, the centre-right
309:
105:
783:
649:
627:
298:
899:
828:
823:
79:
596:
552:
43:
736:
640:
342:
924:
697:
574:
191:
746:
792:
605:
460:
383:
294:
281:
233:
853:
228:
768:
32:
334:
parish in Berlin. The appeal was signed by Meckel, Gutzeit, director and human rights advocate
465:
305:
724:
714:
518:
455:
442:
265:
208:
8:
848:
683:
387:
429:
751:
539:
473:
203:
813:
472:
cabinet including six Social
Democrats, among them Markus Meckel (foreign affairs),
502:
196:
158:
335:
154:
469:
256:) was a reconstituted Social Democratic Party existing during the final phase of
249:
391:
409:
assembled in Berlin and decided to change the short form of the party name to
873:
498:
347:
341:
Calling for the foundation of a political party outside of the system of the
326:
320:
150:
579:
506:
257:
145:
522:
position in 2005 but remained a member of the party executive until 2009.
692:
493:
379:
707:
291:
forced the eastern branch of the SPD to merge with the eastern branch
21:
479:
323:
401:
Ibrahim Böhme after being elected party chairman in February 1990.
260:. Slightly less than a year after its creation it merged with its
417:
354:
488:
394:
became the first Social Democrat appointed to the cabinet.
137:
308:
continued to exist and was allowed to participate in the
218:
432:
was elected vice-president of the People's Chamber.
46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
871:
464:, an alliance of liberal parties. On 12 April,
560:
505:as the new party chairman. At the same time,
567:
553:
491:informer by the West German news magazine
106:Learn how and when to remove this message
915:Political parties disestablished in 1990
880:Organizations of the Revolutions of 1989
819:Democratic Women's Federation of Germany
478:
396:
280:
920:1990 disestablishments in East Germany
872:
405:On 13 January 1990, the party's first
895:Political parties established in 1989
703:Initiative for Peace and Human Rights
655:Christian Democratic Union of Germany
548:
254:Sozialdemokratische Partei in der DDR
129:Sozialdemokratische Partei in der DDR
930:Defunct socialist parties in Germany
890:Social democratic parties in Germany
774:National Democratic Party of Germany
759:Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
671:Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
665:National Democratic Party of Germany
55:"Social Democratic Party in the GDR"
44:adding citations to reliable sources
15:
910:1989 establishments in East Germany
660:Liberal Democratic Party of Germany
361:. The party chose the abbreviation
118:Political party in East Germany
13:
885:Social Democratic Party of Germany
809:Free German Trade Union Federation
612:Social Democratic Party of Germany
359:Social Democratic Party in the GDR
246:Social Democratic Party in the GDR
185:Social Democratic Party of Germany
126:Social Democratic Party in the GDR
14:
941:
905:Political parties in East Germany
859:Political parties in East Germany
842:
784:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
650:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
628:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
583:
512:
435:
369:
299:Socialist Unity Party of Germany
136:
20:
829:Peasants Mutual Aid Association
824:Cultural Association of the GDR
31:needs additional citations for
802:Constituent Mass Organizations
390:could be held. On 29 January,
1:
788:Party of Democratic Socialism
737:Association of Free Democrats
681:Parties during and after the
525:
378:talks between Prime Minister
276:
386:until free elections to the
338:and theologian Arndt Noack.
7:
384:ministers without portfolio
10:
946:
764:Communist Party of Germany
720:Christian Democratic Union
618:Christian Democratic Union
606:Communist Party of Germany
461:Alliance of Free Democrats
295:Communist Party of Germany
271:
837:
801:
680:
637:
593:
306:Eastern Bureau of the SPD
224:
214:
202:
190:
180:
172:
164:
144:
135:
123:
854:Politics of East Germany
742:Liberal Democratic Party
623:Liberal Democratic Party
229:Politics of East Germany
849:East Germany portal
779:Social Democratic Party
501:on 9 June 1990 elected
407:Conference of Delegates
262:West German counterpart
204:Political position
900:East German dissidents
484:
458:, as well as with the
402:
286:
253:
747:Free Democratic Party
482:
400:
284:
725:Democratic Awakening
715:Alliance for Germany
540:als PDF-Datei 308 KB
519:German reunification
468:of the CDU formed a
456:Democratic Awakening
446:, consisting of the
443:Alliance for Germany
266:German reunification
40:improve this article
925:Peaceful Revolution
730:German Social Union
684:Peaceful Revolution
319:Early in 1989, the
752:German Forum Party
485:
474:Regine Hildebrandt
466:Lothar de Maizière
403:
357:, and founded the
287:
867:
866:
814:Free German Youth
576:Political parties
242:
241:
176:26 September 1990
116:
115:
108:
90:
937:
847:
846:
845:
673:(formed in 1948)
667:(formed in 1948)
588:
587:
586:
569:
562:
555:
546:
545:
533:
503:Wolfgang Thierse
483:Wolfgang Thierse
430:Reinhard Höppner
388:People's Chamber
332:Golgathagemeinde
197:Social democracy
181:Merged into
159:Wolfgang Thierse
140:
121:
120:
111:
104:
100:
97:
91:
89:
48:
24:
16:
945:
944:
940:
939:
938:
936:
935:
934:
870:
869:
868:
863:
843:
841:
833:
797:
682:
676:
639:
638:Parties of the
633:
597:Democratic Bloc
595:
589:
584:
582:
573:
534:Wolfgang Grof:
531:
528:
515:
470:grand coalition
438:
372:
279:
274:
238:
157:
153:
131:
130:
127:
119:
112:
101:
95:
92:
49:
47:
37:
25:
12:
11:
5:
943:
933:
932:
927:
922:
917:
912:
907:
902:
897:
892:
887:
882:
865:
864:
862:
861:
856:
851:
838:
835:
834:
832:
831:
826:
821:
816:
811:
805:
803:
799:
798:
796:
795:
790:
781:
776:
771:
766:
761:
756:
755:
754:
749:
744:
734:
733:
732:
727:
722:
712:
711:
710:
705:
700:
689:
687:
678:
677:
675:
674:
668:
662:
657:
652:
646:
644:
641:National Front
635:
634:
632:
631:
625:
620:
615:
609:
602:
600:
594:Parties of the
591:
590:
572:
571:
564:
557:
549:
543:
542:
527:
524:
514:
511:
437:
434:
392:Walter Romberg
371:
368:
343:National Front
278:
275:
273:
270:
240:
239:
237:
236:
231:
225:
222:
221:
216:
212:
211:
206:
200:
199:
194:
188:
187:
182:
178:
177:
174:
170:
169:
168:7 October 1989
166:
162:
161:
148:
142:
141:
133:
132:
128:
125:
124:
117:
114:
113:
28:
26:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
942:
931:
928:
926:
923:
921:
918:
916:
913:
911:
908:
906:
903:
901:
898:
896:
893:
891:
888:
886:
883:
881:
878:
877:
875:
860:
857:
855:
852:
850:
840:
839:
836:
830:
827:
825:
822:
820:
817:
815:
812:
810:
807:
806:
804:
800:
794:
791:
789:
785:
782:
780:
777:
775:
772:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
757:
753:
750:
748:
745:
743:
740:
739:
738:
735:
731:
728:
726:
723:
721:
718:
717:
716:
713:
709:
706:
704:
701:
699:
698:Democracy Now
696:
695:
694:
691:
690:
688:
685:
679:
672:
669:
666:
663:
661:
658:
656:
653:
651:
648:
647:
645:
642:
636:
629:
626:
624:
621:
619:
616:
613:
610:
607:
604:
603:
601:
598:
592:
581:
577:
570:
565:
563:
558:
556:
551:
550:
547:
541:
537:
530:
529:
523:
520:
513:Reunification
510:
508:
504:
500:
499:Halle (Saale)
496:
495:
490:
481:
477:
475:
471:
467:
463:
462:
457:
453:
449:
445:
444:
436:In government
433:
431:
427:
421:
419:
414:
412:
408:
399:
395:
393:
389:
385:
381:
377:
370:In opposition
367:
364:
360:
356:
351:
349:
348:working class
344:
339:
337:
336:Ibrahim Böhme
333:
328:
327:Markus Meckel
325:
322:
317:
315:
313:
307:
302:
300:
296:
292:
285:Markus Meckel
283:
269:
267:
263:
259:
255:
251:
247:
235:
232:
230:
227:
226:
223:
220:
217:
213:
210:
207:
205:
201:
198:
195:
193:
189:
186:
183:
179:
175:
171:
167:
163:
160:
156:
155:Ibrahim Böhme
152:
151:Markus Meckel
149:
147:
143:
139:
134:
122:
110:
107:
99:
88:
85:
81:
78:
74:
71:
67:
64:
60:
57: –
56:
52:
51:Find sources:
45:
41:
35:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
778:
580:East Germany
538:, Download:
535:
516:
507:Willy Brandt
492:
486:
459:
441:
439:
422:
415:
410:
406:
404:
375:
373:
362:
358:
352:
340:
331:
318:
311:
303:
297:to form the
288:
258:East Germany
245:
243:
102:
93:
83:
76:
69:
62:
50:
38:Please help
33:verification
30:
793:United Left
769:Green Party
693:Alliance 90
686:(1989–1990)
643:(1950–1989)
630:(from 1946)
599:(1945–1950)
532:(in German)
494:Der Spiegel
380:Hans Modrow
376:Round Table
324:theologians
312:Volkskammer
209:Centre-left
874:Categories
526:Literature
321:Protestant
277:Foundation
96:March 2024
66:newspapers
708:New Forum
614:(to 1946)
608:(to 1946)
426:districts
264:ahead of
234:Elections
173:Dissolved
314:election
192:Ideology
418:Leipzig
293:of the
272:History
215:Colours
165:Founded
80:scholar
450:, the
355:Berlin
250:German
146:Leader
82:
75:
68:
61:
53:
517:With
489:Stasi
310:1950
87:JSTOR
73:books
454:and
244:The
59:news
578:in
452:DSU
448:CDU
411:SPD
363:SDP
219:Red
42:by
876::
350:.
304:A
268:.
252::
786:—
568:e
561:t
554:v
248:(
109:)
103:(
98:)
94:(
84:·
77:·
70:·
63:·
36:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
