Free Democratic Party (GDR)

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Free Democratic Party
Freie Demokratische Partei der DDR
AbbreviationF.D.P.
Leader Bruno Menzel
Founded4 February 1990
Dissolved11 August 1990
Merged into Free Democratic Party
Headquarters East Berlin
Ideology Liberalism (German)
Political position Centre-right
National affiliation Association of Free Democrats

The Free Democratic Party (GDR) (German : Freie Demokratische Partei, DDR) 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.

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