The Progressive People's Party was a social liberal party in the German Empire. It was formed on 6 March 1910 from the merger of the Free-minded People's Party, the Free-minded Union and the German Pe
Friedrich Naumann, a Protestant pastor who was a key voice in the FVP
Otto Fischbeck, the first chairman of the FVP
Friedrich von Payer, vice chancellor of Germany from November 1917 to November 1918
Ludwig Quidde, a pacifist member of the FVP who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927
Theodor Heuss
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Theodor Heuss was a German politician who served as the first president of West Germany from 1949 to 1959. His civil demeanour and cordial nature – somewhat a contrast to German nationalist traditions
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…Gertrud Bäumer, writer and feminist Theodor Heuss, president of West Germany 1949–1959 Johannes Kaempf, president of the Reichstag 1912–1918…
Heuss in 1957
Heuss's official Reichstag portrait, 1924
Adenauer and Heuss on 14 September 1959.