The Social Democratic Party in the GDR was a reconstituted Social Democratic Party existing during the final phase of East Germany. Slightly less than a year after its creation, it merged with its Wes
Markus Meckel
Ibrahim Böhme after being elected party chairman in February 1990.
Wolfgang Thierse
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The Volkskammer was the parliament of East Germany. Formally, it was the supreme organ of power in the state, and its only branch of government, with all other state organs subservient to it. In pract
Social Democratic Party in the GDR
…The talks resulted in representatives of the opposition groups joining Modrow's cabinet as ministers without portfolio until free elections to the People's Chamber could be held. On 29 January, Walter Romberg became the first Social Democrat appointed to the cabinet. On 13 January 1990, the party's first Conference…
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 1990 0419 418, Berlin, Volkskammer während Regierungserklärung von Lothar de Maiziere
Protester, January 1990
Ballot for the 1990 elections (written text reads "Sample")