Communist Party of Germany (1990)
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The Communist Party of Germany (German: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands, abbreviated as KPD) is an
History
The KPD, also known as KPD-Ost or KPD (Rote Fahne), was founded in 1990 in the GDR, after the Fall of the Berlin Wall but before the eventual German reunification by members of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) who opposed the reforms from the party's new leadership and wanted to stay loyal to Marxism-Leninism.
It competed unsuccessfully in the 1990 Volkskammer election, the only multi-party election held in the GDR.
The KPD was exempt from the West German ban on the
Following Erich Honecker's expulsion from SED, KPD offered him and his wife Margot their party membership, which they gladly accepted.
Today the KPD remains a small party with its main strongholds being in the
In 2002, the KPD founded its youth wing, the Young Communist League of Germany.[3]
In 2020, KPD member Siegfried Kutschick, elected to the Zeitz city council under the Wir für unsere Stadt banner, was expelled from the party for joining the Alternative for Germany (AfD) council caucus. After a week of protests from the KPD and other leftwing organizations, Kutschick reconsidered and left the AfD caucus. Nevertheless Kutschick was expelled from the KPD.[4][5]
Ideology
The party upholds a strict
Previously supportive of the Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties, KPD declared their support for the European Communist Action led by the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) after its dissolution.[9] It also declared its incompatibility with the World Anti-Imperialist Platform which includes a couple of former INITIATIVE members like the Hungarian Workers' Party and the Communist Party in Italy. They explained this decision by claiming that the WAP defamed the KKE and the inclusion of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela after the intervention of the Communist Party of Venezuela.[10]
Famous members
Despite being a small party, it managed to attract a number of prominent members, mostly those from the former leadership of the Socialist Unity Party (SED). Both Erich Honecker and his wife Margot became members of the KPD after being expelled from the reformed SED in 1990, Margot Honecker even becoming an honorary member.[11][12]
Irma Thälmann, the daughter of
Electoral history
Election | Year | Votes | % | Seats |
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Volkskammer (DDR) | 1990 | 8,819 | 0.1% | 0 |
Municipal elections in East-Berlin |
1990 | 3,255 | 0.2% | 0 |
Landtag Brandenburg | 1994 | 174 (Erststimme) | 0.0% | 0 |
Bundestag | 1994 | 426 (Erststimme) | 0.0% | 0 |
Landtag Saxony | 1999 | 1,814 | 0.1% | 0 |
Bundestag | 2002 | 1,624 (686 Erststimmen) | 0.0% | 0 |
Municipal elections in Zeitz | 2004 | 505 | 1.9% | 1 |
Landtag Thuringia | 2004 | 1,842 | 0.2% | 0 |
Saxony-Anhalt |
2006 | 957 (together with the DKP ) (757 Erststimmen)
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0.1% | 0 |
Municipal elections in Zeitz | 2009 | 451 | 1.7% | 1 |
Saxony-Anhalt |
2011 | 1,653 | 0.2% | 0 |
Municipal elections in Zeitz | 2014 | 393 | 1.4% | 0 |
Landtag Thuringia | 2014 | 1,177 | 0.1% | 0 |
Landtag Saxony | 2019 | 1,955 | 0.1% | 0 |
Landtag Thuringia | 2019 | 756 | 0.1% | 0 |
See also
- Communist Party of Germany (disambiguation)
- Historical, original KPD, founded in 1919
References
- ^ "Wahlprogramm der KPD Sachsen zur Landtagswahl 2019". www.k-p-d.org. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Wahl 2019 – Wir brauchen Hilfe aus Thüringen!". k-p-d.org. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "Glossar: Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) | Verfassungsschutz". verfassungsschutz.brandenburg.de. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Mitteilung". www.k-p-d.org. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ Gerbank, Torsten (26 August 2020). "Abkehr von der AfD-Fraktion: Warum Wir-Stadtrat neue Entscheidung trifft". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Lächeln der Sonne". k-p-d.org. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands Die originelle Führungstaktik des Präsidenten Kim Il Sung In: Die Rote Fahne, Number 10 October 2020, S. 4
- ^ "Grußwort an den Gründungskongress der Europäisch Kommunistischen Aktion". 16 November 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Über die Unvereinbarkeit der Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands (KPD) mit der sogenannten "World Antiimperialist Platform" (WAP)" [On the incompatibility of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) with the so-called "World Antiimperialist Platform" (WAP)]. 30 September 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Margot, Honecker (June 2012). "Dank- und Grußschreiben von Genossin Margot Honecker" (PDF). Die Rote Fahne.
- ^ Kunze, Thomas (2001). Staatschef a.D.: die letzten Jahre des Erich Honecker. Links-Verlag.
- ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4.