Free Democratic Party | |
Native Name: | Freie Demokratische Partei der DDR |
Abbreviation: | F.D.P. |
Foundation: | 4 February 1990 |
Dissolved: | 11 August 1990 |
Merged: | Free Democratic Party |
National: | Association of Free Democrats |
Leader: | Bruno Menzel |
Headquarters: | East Berlin |
Ideology: | Liberalism (German) |
Position: | Centre-right |
Country: | East Germany |
The Free Democratic Party of the GDR (de|Freie Demokratische Partei der DDR, F.D.P.) was an opposition political party in East Germany. The appeal for its formation was made on 25 November 1989 in Berlin by those East German liberals who doubted the ability of the former block party Liberal Democratic Party of Germany to reform itself. It was formally founded 4 February 1990; on 12 February 1990, it joined the Association of Free Democrats for the Volkskammer elections.