German Forum Party
German Forum Party Deutsche Forumpartei | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Jürgen Schmieder |
| Founded | 27 January 1990 |
| Dissolved | 11 August 1990 |
| Merged into | Free Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany |
| Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Association of Free Democrats |
The German Forum Party (German: Deutsche Forumpartei) was an opposition political party in East Germany. It was formed from the New Forum (Neues Forum) citizens' movement. It was founded in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) on 27 January 1990. Its first chairman was Jürgen Schmieder. It described itself as being at the political centre.
It was invited to join the Christian Democrat-dominated Alliance for Germany coalition for the 1990 Volkskammer election but instead it joined the Association of Free Democrats on 12 February 1990.