German Free-minded Party
Political party in the German Empire / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The German Free-minded Party (German: Deutsche Freisinnige Partei, DFP) or German Radical Party[1][2][3] was a short-lived liberal party in the German Empire, founded on 5 March 1884 as a result of the merger of the German Progress Party and the Liberal Union, an 1880 split-off of the National Liberal Party.
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German Free-minded Party Deutsche Freisinnige Partei | |
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Chairman of the Central Committee | Franz von Stauffenberg (1884–1893) |
Chairman of the Executive Committee | Rudolf Virchow (1884–1893) |
Chairman of the Select Committee | Eugen Richter (1884–1890) Karl Schrader (1890) Eugen Richter (1890–1893) |
Founded | 5 March 1884; 140 years ago (1884-03-05) |
Dissolved | 7 May 1893; 131 years ago (1893-05-07) |
Merger of | German Progress Party Liberal Union |
Succeeded by | Free-minded People's Party Free-minded Union |
Newspaper | Parlamentarische Korrespondenz |
Ideology | Liberalism Radicalism Social progressivism Parliamentarism Laicism |
Political position | Centre-left |
Colours | Yellow |
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