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Social Democratic Party (Germany)

Social Democratic Party of Germany
Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands
Abbreviation SPD
Chairman Martin Schulz
Secretary-General Katarina Barley
Vice Chairpeople Hannelore Kraft
Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel
Olaf Scholz
Manuela Schwesig
Aydan Özoğuz
Founded 23 May 1863 (153 years ago) (1863-05-23)
Merger of ADAV and SDAP
Headquarters Willy-Brandt-Haus
D-10911 Berlin
Newspaper "Vorwärts"
Student wing Socialist German Student Union (1946–1961), Juso-Hochschulgruppen (since 1973)
Youth wing Jusos
Women's wing Association of Social Democratic Women
Membership  (2015) Decrease 445,534
Ideology Social democracy
Pro-Europeanism
Political position Centre-left
European affiliation Party of European Socialists
International affiliation Progressive Alliance,
Socialist International
European Parliament group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colors Red
Bundestag
193 / 630
State Parliaments
548 / 1,855
European Parliament
27 / 96
Prime Ministers of States
9 / 16
Website
www.spd.de

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD) is a social-democraticpolitical party in Germany. The party, led by Chairman Martin Schulz since 2017, has become one of the two major contemporary political parties in Germany, along with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

The SPD has governed at the federal level in Germany as part of a grand coalition with the CDU and the Christian Social Union (CSU) since December 2013 following the results of the 2013 federal election. The SPD participates in 14 state governments, nine of them governed by SPD Minister-Presidents.

The SPD is a member of the Party of European Socialists and of the Socialist International, and became a founding member of the Progressive Alliance on 22 May 2013. Established in 1863, the SPD is the oldest extant political party represented in the German Parliament and was one of the first Marxist-influenced parties in the world.

The General German Workers' Association (Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein, ADAV), founded in 1863, and the Social Democratic Workers' Party (Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SDAP), founded in 1869, merged in 1875, under the name Socialist Workers' Party of Germany (Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SAPD). From 1878 to 1890, any grouping or meeting that aimed at spreading socialist principles was banned under the Anti-Socialist Laws, but the party still gained support in elections. In 1890, when the ban was lifted and it could again present electoral lists, the party adopted its current name. In the years leading up to World War I, the party remained ideologically radical in official principle, although many party officials tended to be moderate in everyday politics. By 1912, the party claimed the most votes of any German party.


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