Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (German: Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands, CDU) was an East German political party founded in 1945. It was part of the National Front with the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) and a bloc party until 1989.

Christian Democratic Union of Germany
Christlich-Demokratische Union Deutschlands
Leader
Founded26 June 1945
Dissolved2 October 1990
Merged intoChristian Democratic Union
HeadquartersEast Berlin
Newspaper
See list
  • Neue Zeit (federal)
  • Der Demokrat
  • Der Neue Weg
  • Märkische Union
  • Thüringer Tageblatt
  • Die Union
Membership (1987)140,000
Ideology
National affiliation
ColorsBlue, yellow
Party flag

It contested the free elections in 1990 as an arm of the West German Christian Democratic Union, into which it merged after German reunification later that same year.

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