German People's Party

The German People's Party (German: Deutsche Volkspartei, or DVP) was a conservative-liberal political party during the Weimar Republic that was the successor to the National Liberal Party of the German Empire. Along with the left-liberal German Democratic Party (DDP), it represented political liberalism in Germany between 1918 and 1933.

This article is about the German People's Party which existed between 1918 and 1933. For other parties with same name, see German People's Party (disambiguation).
German People's Party
Deutsche Volkspartei
LeaderGustav Stresemann
Founded15 December 1918 (15 December 1918)
Dissolved4 July 1933 (4 July 1933)
Preceded byNational Liberal Party
Free Conservative Party (moderate elements)
Merged intoFree Democratic Party
(not legal successor)
HeadquartersBerlin
Membership (1920)800,000
IdeologyNational liberalism
Civic nationalism
Conservative liberalism
Constitutional monarchism
Economic liberalism
Political positionBefore 1929:
Centre to centre-right
After 1929:
Centre-right to right-wing
Colors  Black   White   Red (National colors)
  • Politics of Germany
  • Political parties
  • Elections

The party's best known politician was its founding chairman and later Reich Chancellor and Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann. With the exception of two short-lived cabinets in 1921 and 1922, the DVP was represented in all Weimar governments from 1920 to 1931. In the late 1920s it turned more to the right politically but could not compete with other nationalist parties. By 1932 the DVP's share of the vote had shrunk to barely over one percent, and it disbanded shortly after the Nazi seizure of power in 1933.

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