Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany
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.
Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany Demokratische Bauernpartei Deutschlands | |
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| Chairman | Ernst Goldenbaum (1948–1982) Ernst Mecklenburg (1982–1987) Günther Maleuda (1987–1990) Ulrich Junghanns (1990) |
| Founded | 29 April 1948 |
| Dissolved | 15 September 1990 |
| Merged into | CDU |
| Headquarters | East Berlin, East Germany |
| Newspaper | Bauern Echo |
| Membership (1988) | 122,000 |
| Ideology | Agrarianism Agrarian socialism (until 1989) |
| National affiliation | Democratic Bloc (1948–1950) National Front (1950–1990) |
| Colours | Green |
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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.