German Party 1950-1964 (Germany)

Deutsche Partei, DP

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by santiago dotor
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by Marcus Schmöger

• Introduction
• Description
• Lower Saxony Branch (Landesverband Niedersachsen)
• Oldenburg District (Bezirksverband Oldenburg)
• Hameln Local Unit
• Springe Local Unit
• Brunswick Local Unit

See also:

• Political Parties (Germany)
• Germany

Founded in 1945 as NLP (Niedersächsische Landespartei, Lower Saxony State Party), constituted in 1947 as DP. The DP was a conservative party, mainly in the northern states of Germany, especially in Lower Saxony. It took part in the coalition of Chancellor Adenauer from 1949-1961, as it was represented in the Bundestag with 15-17 seats. Until 1960 most of the more important politicians of the DP joined either the CDU or th