Committee of the German Baltic Parties
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The Committee of the German-Baltic Parties (German: Ausschuß der Deutschbaltischen Parteien, ADP) was an alliance of Baltic German political parties in Latvia during the inter-war period. Its members included the German-Baltic Democratic Party, the German-Baltic Progressive Party, the German-Baltic Reform Party, the German-Baltic People's Party, the German-Baltic Integration Party, the German-Baltic State Party and the Voters Association of Mitau.
History
[edit]The alliance was established in early 1920 as a successor to the National Committee.[1] It won six seats in the 1920 Constitutional Assembly elections.[2] The alliance retained its six seats in the 1st Saeima in the 1922 elections, but was reduced to four seats in the 1925 elections. The alliance returned to its six-seat strength in the 3rd Saeima as a result of the 1928 elections. Following the 1931 elections (the last multi-party elections in Latvia until 1990), they had five seats in the 4th Saeima.
Members of the Saeima
[edit]Body | Years | Member | Party | Notes |
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Constitutional Assembly | 1920–1922 | Wilhelm von Fircks | German-Baltic People's Party | |
Peter Kluge | German-Baltic Progressive Party | |||
Egon Knopp | German-Baltic Integration Party | |||
Edwin Magnus | German-Baltic Reform Party | |||
Arthur Reusner | German-Baltic People's Party | |||
Paul Schiemann | German-Baltic Democratic Party | Alliance leader | ||
First Saiema | 1922–1925 | Wilhelm von Fircks | German-Baltic People's Party | |
John Karl Hahn | German-Baltic Integration Party | |||
Karl Kenner | German-Baltic Democratic Party | |||
Egon Knopp | German-Baltic Integration Party | |||
Paul Schiemann | German-Baltic Democratic Party | Leader | ||
Manfred von Vegesack | German-Baltic Reform Party | |||
Second Saeima | 1925–1928 | Alfred Alsleben | International Homeowners | |
Wilhelm von Fircks | German-Baltic People's Party | |||
John Karl Hahn | German-Baltic Integration Party | |||
Karl Keller | German-Baltic Democratic Party | |||
Paul Schiemann | German-Baltic Democratic Party | Leader | ||
Third Saeima | 1928–1931 | Wilhelm von Fircks | German-Baltic People's Party | Alliance leader from 10 March 1931 |
John Karl Hahn | German-Baltic Integration Party | |||
Woldemar Pussoll | German-Baltic People's Party | |||
Paul Schiemann | German-Baltic Democratic Party | Leader until 10 March 1931, when he gave up his seat | ||
Lothar Schoeler | German-Baltic Reform Party | |||
Walter Sadowski | German-Baltic Democratic Party | Replaced Paul Schiemann on 10 March 1931 | ||
Werner Westermann | Voters Association of Mitau | |||
Fourth Saeima | 1931–1934 | Wilhelm von Fircks | German-Baltic People's Party | Resigned on 18 October 1933 |
John Karl Hahn | German-Baltic Integration Party | |||
Karl Keller | German-Baltic Democratic Party | Replaced Wilhelm von Fircks on 18 October 1933 | ||
Woldemar Pussoll | German-Baltic People's Party | |||
Paul Schiemann | German-Baltic Democratic Party | Leader until 19 October 1933, when he gave up his seat | ||
Lothar Schoeler | German-Baltic Reform Party | Leader from 19 October 1933 | ||
Helmuth Stegman | German-Baltic State Party | Replaced Paul Schiemann on 19 October 1933 | ||
Werner Westermann | Voters Association of Mitau |
References
[edit]- ^ John Hiden (2002) The Baltic States and Weimar Ostpolitik, Cambridge University Press, p59
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1137 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
(100 seats)
(9 seats out of 720)
- New Unity
- 2; EPP
- National Alliance
- 2; ECR
- For Latvia's Development
- 1; RE
- United List
- 1; ECR
- The Progressives
- 1; Greens-EFA
- Harmony
- 1; S&D
- Latvia First
- 1; PfE
interwar parties
- Agrarian Union of the Landless
- Christian National Union
- Democratic Centre
- German-Baltic Reform Party
- Group of Non-Partisan Citizens
- Jewish
- Labour League of Latvia
- Latgale
- List of Lithuanians and Catholics
- New Farmers-Small Landowners Party
- Non-Partisan Landless Farmers
- Party for Peace and Order
- Party of the Orthodox
- Polish-Catholic Latvian Union of Poles
- Russian Public Workers' Association
- Union of Social Democrats – Mensheviks and Rural Workers
- United List of Russians
- Vecticībnieki
- Workers' Party