Free-minded People's Party (Germany)

The Free-minded People's Party (German: Freisinnige Volkspartei, FVP) or Radical People's Party^[1][2][3] was a social liberal party in the German Empire, founded as a result of the split of the German Free-minded Party in 1893. One of its most notable members was Eugen Richter, who was party leader from 1893 to 1906. The party advocated liberalism, social progressivism and parliamentarism.

Free-minded People's Party Freisinnige Volkspartei
Leader	Eugen Richter
Founded	7 May 1893; 131 years ago (7 May 1893)
Dissolved	6 March 1910; 114 years ago (6 March 1910)
Preceded by	German Free-minded Party
Merged into	Progressive People's Party
Ideology	Liberalism Radicalism Social progressivism Parliamentarism Laicism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Yellow
Politics of Germany Political parties Elections

On 6 March 1910, the party merged with the Free-minded Union and the German People's Party to form the Progressive People's Party.

See also

• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberal democracy
• Liberalism
• Liberalism in Germany
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties

Preceded by German Free-minded Party	liberal German parties 1893-1910	Succeeded by Progressive People's Party (Germany)

References

1. Kurlander, Eric (2007). The Landscapes of Liberalism: Particularism and Progressive Politics in Two Borderland Regions. University of Toronto Press. p. 125. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
2. Sperber, Jonathan (1997). The Kaiser's Voters: Electors and Elections in Imperial Germany. Cambridge University Press. p. 212. ISBN 9780521591386.
3. Zucker, Stanley (1975). Ludwig Bamberger: German Liberal Political and Social Critic, 1823-1899. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 239. ISBN 9780822932987.