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|country = Germany |
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|name = Progressive People's Party |
|name = Progressive People's Party |
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|native_name = Fortschrittliche Volkspartei |
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|chairman = [[Otto Fischbeck]]<br>1910–1912<br />[[Otto Wiemer]]<br>1912–1918 |
|chairman = [[Otto Fischbeck]]<br>1910–1912<br />[[Otto Wiemer]]<br>1912–1918 |
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|foundation = 1910 March 6 |
|foundation = 1910 March 6 |
Revision as of 18:52, 16 February 2017
Progressive People's Party Fortschrittliche Volkspartei | |
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Chairman | Otto Fischbeck 1910–1912 Otto Wiemer 1912–1918 |
Founded | 1910 March 6 |
Dissolved | 1918 November 20 |
Preceded by | Free-minded People's Party Free-minded Union German People's Party |
Succeeded by | German Democratic Party |
Newspaper | NA |
Ideology | Liberal democracy, Social liberalism, Parliamentarism, Laicism |
Political position | Centre-left |
International affiliation | none |
The Progressive People's Party (German: Fortschrittliche Volkspartei, FVP) was a liberal party of late Imperial Germany. It was formed on 6 March 1910 as a merger of Freeminded People's Party, Freeminded Union, and German People's Party in order to unify the various liberal groups represented in parliament. the Progressives became a major force in parliament during the First World War, joining with the Majority Socialists and the Catholic Centre to form the Reichstag majority that would pass the famous Peace Resolution of 1917.
The party was disbanded in 1918 after the fall of the Empire, with most of its members joining the new German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei), which merged the Progressives with the left wing of the old National Liberal Party (Nationalliberale Partei).