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Free Democrats (Georgia), Free Democrats
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Free Democrats may refer to: *Alliance of Free Democrats (Hungary) *Association of Free Democrats (East Germany) * Free Democrats of Arjeplog *Free Democrats (Armenia) * Free Democrats (Czech Republic) *Free Democrats (Italy) * Free Democrats (Norway) *Free Democrats (South Africa) * Movement of Free Democrats (Cyprus) * Party of Free Democrats (Ukraine) * Union of Free Democrats (Bulgaria) *Free Democratic Party (Germany) *Free Democrats (Georgia) See also *Free Democratic Party (other) Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party ideologically based on liberalism. Current parties with that name include: *Free Democratic Party (Germany), a liberal political party in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Of Free Democrats
The Alliance of Free Democrats – Hungarian Liberal Party (, , SZDSZ ) was a liberal political party in Hungary. The SZDSZ was a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party and of Liberal International. It drew its support predominantly from Budapest among the middle classes, liberal intellectuals and entrepreneurs, with an ideological basis in social and economic liberalism. SZDSZ provided the first freely elected President for the Third Hungarian Republic, Árpád Göncz. The SZDSZ High Mayor of Budapest, Gábor Demszky was in office continuously since 1990 till 2010, when he was replaced by István Tarlós (who himself was a member of SZDSZ in the 1990s). History The party's origins lay in the illegal democratic opposition under the communist rule of János Kádár. This gave rise to the loosely organized Network of Free Initiatives (''Szabad Kezdeményezések Hálózata'') on 1 May 1988 and to the foundation of the SZDSZ as an opposition politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Free Democrats
The Association of Free Democrats () was a liberal electoral coalition, later party, formed in East Germany on 12 February 1990. It originally consisted of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Free Democratic Party (East Germany) and the German Forum Party. In the Volkskammer election of the 18 March 1990 the Association of Free Democrats, heavily supported by the West German Free Democratic Party, polled 5.28% of the votes and gained 21 seats, all parties running on the same lists. Most of the seats went to Liberal Democratic Party members, whose leader Rainer Ortleb became their parliamentary leader. It then participated in the last GDR government led by Lothar de Maizière. On 27 March 1990, the Liberal Democratic Party and the National Democratic Party of Germany, previously excluded from the coalition, merged into the party ''Association of Free Democrats'', leaving their old identity as bloc parties behind. Ortleb was elected chairman, former NDPD leader Wolfgang Rauls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democrats Of Arjeplog
Arjeplogs Fria Demokrater was a local political party in Arjeplog Municipality, Sweden. The party was founded in 1976, led by former Social Democratic politicians Börje Fjellström and Harry Johansson. In the 2002 municipal polls, it got 157 votes (8.0%) and three seats (down from four in 1998). The party formed part of a local government coalition with the Social Democrats Social democracy is a social, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achieving social equality. In modern practice, s ... and Centre Party. The party elected to dissolve ahead of the 2006 elections. References Swedish local political parties Political parties established in 1976 Political parties disestablished in 2006 1976 establishments in Sweden 2006 disestablishments in Sweden Arjeplog Municipality 20th-century establishments in Norrbotten County 21st-century dise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democrats (Armenia)
Free Democrats () is an Armenian liberal, Pro-European political party. It was founded in 2011 by Khachatur Kokobelyan. History Some Free Democrats party members participated in the 2012 Armenian parliamentary election under the Heritage Party list. Following the election, Heritage won 5.78% of the vote. The party participated in the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election, however the party won just 0.94% of the vote, failing to win any political representation. Khachatur Kokobelyan headed the party list, while Hrant Bagratyan (former Prime Minister of Armenia and leader of the Freedom Party) was the candidate for the post of Prime Minister. Prior to the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, the Free Democrats formed a political alliance known as the We Alliance with the Hanrapetutyun Party, another pro-Western and pro-European party in Armenia. During the election campaign, the Free Democrats advocated that Armenia should withdraw its membership from the Eurasian Union and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democrats (Czech Republic)
The Civic Movement (, OH) was a liberal political party based in the Czech Republic, which existed from 1991 to 1995. The party was established after the break-up of Civic Forum by the liberal wing of Civic Forum, while the conservative wing established the Civic Democratic Party. Foreign Minister Jiří Dienstbier was elected leader of the Civic Movement. The party participated in the 1992 legislative election but failed to reach the required 5% threshold and was left without parliamentary representation. The party then renamed itself as the Free Democrats (''Svobodní demokraté'', SD), modelled on the Free Democratic Party of Germany, as the party tried to position itself as a more clearcut liberal party. The party joined the Liberal International and was admitted as an affiliate to the European Liberal Democrats and Reformists (ELDR) in 1994. In December 1995 the Free Democrats merged with the Liberal National Social Party (successor to the former bloc party Czechoslovak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democrats (Italy)
The Free Democrats (, LD) were the centrism, centrist faction within the Democratic Party (Italy), Democratic Party (PD), a list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy, around Francesco Rutelli, former leader of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, one of the two main parties that merged to form the PD in 2007. The faction was launched by Rutelli in June 2009 during a convention in Rome. The group comprised both liberalism, liberals and Christian democracy, Christian democrats who wanted the PD to be modelled on the example of the Democratic Party (United States), United States Democratic Party and consider social democracy as obsolete in the 21st century. In fact the followers of Rutelli, the so-called ''Rutelliani'', included both the secular-liberal faction of the late DL (Paolo Gentiloni, Ermete Realacci and his group of ecologists, Linda Lanzillotta, Gianni Vernetti, Roberto Giachetti, etc.), who represented the more free market-oriented wing of the PD, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democrats (Norway)
The Free Democrats () is a political organization formed by former members of the Progress Party of Norway in 1994. The 1993 election saw the support of the Progress Party (6.3 percent and 10 representatives) halved. After the 1994 Progress Party national convention several representatives of the "libertarian wing" broke out and founded a party more ideologically consistently libertarian, the Free Democrats. Four of the defectors were MPs, and formed an independent group in Parliament of Norway. Its first leader Ellen Christine Christiansen was among the four MPs, and also served in Oslo city council until 1995. In the Norwegian county elections, 1995 the party received 1,932 votes, 0.09% of the votes. The Free Democrats no longer participate in elections and function merely as a think tank and organization for Norwegian libertarians, regardless of their political allegiance. People associated with the Free Democrats also founded the online newspaper '' Liberaleren''. Issue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democrats (South Africa)
The Free Democrats (FREE DEMS) is a South African political party founded by neurologist Dr. Johan Reid to lobby for private health care, and is opposed to the government's proposed National Health Insurance. It is furthermore in favour of free enterprise, privatisation, private education and lower taxes. Proposal for Medical Aid The Free Democrats propose to establish a medical aid for every citizen, one comprehensive medical aid plan from birth to death, funded by a Health Insurance Fund (HIF) which will be, for its part funded by existing sin taxes (tobacco, alcohol, gambling and sugar taxes), carbon taxes and a portion of all VAT collected. Everybody should pay for healthcare, but the ''"big spenders, boozers, smokers, gamblers, binge eaters and polluters"'' should pay more. They do not propose any new taxes. Under their proposal healthcare facilities will be managed and operated by private healthcare companies. Election results The party contested the 2019 general elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democrats
The United Democrats (, ''Enomenoi Dimokrates'' (EDI)) is a liberal political party in Cyprus. The party was founded by former President of Cyprus George Vasiliou in 1993 as ''Kinima Eleftheron Dimokraton'' ("Movement of Free Democrats"). The party later merged with ADISOK (a group of former AKEL members, including Andreas Fantis, Andreas Ziartides and Pavlos Diglis) to form United Democrats. The party is a full member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and an observer member of the Liberal International. History At the legislative elections, on 27 May 2001, the party won 2.6% of the popular vote and 1 out of 56 seats. During the 2004 Annan Plan Referendum, the party supported the Annan Plan for Cyprus. In 2005 the party's president George Vasiliou stepped down and Michalis Papapetrou was elected president. In the elections of 21 May 2006, the party won only 1.6% and lost parliamentary representation. After the loss of parliamentary representation, Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of Free Democrats
The Party of Free Democrats () is a political party in Ukraine led by Mykhailo Brodskyy. It was registered in November 1999 as Yabluko (; ''Apple'').Партія вільних демократів Database DATA History Mykhailo Brodskyy, a member of the |
Union Of Free Democrats
The Union of Free Democrats (, ''Sajuz na svobodnite demokrati'') is a conservative political party in Bulgaria, led by Stefan Sofiyanski. It contested the 2001 elections as part of the United Democratic Forces electoral alliance, which picked up 51 of 240 seats. It joined the Bulgarian People's Union, that at the 2005 Bulgarian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 June 2005, for the 240 members of the National Assembly (Bulgaria), National Assembly. According to exit polls, the Bulgarian Socialist Party, Socialists had a lead with around 31%, but without ... won 5.7% of the popular vote and 13 out of 240 seats. Election results National Assembly References External linksOfficial web site Conservative parties in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Democratic Party (Germany)
The Free Democratic Party (, FDP, ) is a liberalism, liberal political party in Germany. The FDP was founded in 1948 by members of former liberal political parties in Germany before World War II, namely the German Democratic Party and the German People's Party. For most of the second half of the 20th century, particularly from 1961 to 1982, the FDP held the Balance of power (parliament), balance of power in the Bundestag. It has been a junior coalition partner to both the CDU/CSU (1949–1956, 1961–1966, 1982–1998, and 2009–2013) and Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD; 1969–1982 and 2021–2024). In the 2013 German federal election, 2013 federal election, the FDP failed to win any directly elected seats in the Bundestag and came up short of the Electoral threshold#Germany, 5 percent threshold to qualify for list representation, being left without representation in the Bundestag for the first time in its history. In the 2017 German federal el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
