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Christian Democratic Union (East Germany)
Political party in East Germany / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Founded | 26 June 1945 |
Dissolved | 2 October 1990 |
Merged into | Christian Democratic Union |
Headquarters | East Berlin |
Newspaper | See list
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Membership (1987) | 140,000[1] |
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Colors | Blue, yellow |
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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.