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| abbreviation = <!-- official abbreviation --> | | abbreviation = '''FBBP''' <!-- official abbreviation --> | ||
| leader = | | leader = [[Michael Thielmann]] | ||
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| predecessor = | | predecessor = [[Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia]] | ||
| merged = | | merged = | ||
| successor = | | successor = | ||
| headquarters = Heraldsteinstraße 76, [[ | | headquarters = Heraldsteinstraße 76, [[Laitstadt]] | ||
| newspaper = | | newspaper = | ||
| think_tank = | | think_tank = Martin Beiter Foundation | ||
| student_wing = | | student_wing = | ||
| youth_wing = | | youth_wing = [[Young Liberals of Besmenia]] | ||
| womens_wing = | | womens_wing = | ||
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| membership_year = | | membership_year = 2021 | ||
| membership = | | membership = 298,779 | ||
| ideology = *{{wp|Liberalism}} | | ideology = *{{wp|Liberalism}} | ||
*{{wp| | *{{wp|Economic liberalism}} | ||
*{{wp|Classical liberalism}} | *{{wp|Classical liberalism}} | ||
| position = | *{{wp|Social liberalism}} | ||
'''Factions:''' | |||
*[[Beiterism]] | |||
| position = Center to center-left | |||
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| colors = {{colorbox|#FFFF00}} Yellow | | colors = {{colorbox|#FFFF00}} Yellow<br/>{{colorbox|#F500B7}} Pink<br/>{{colorbox|#0071FB}} Blue <!-- or: | colours = --> | ||
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| seats1_title = [[Federal Chamber]] | | seats1_title = [[Federal Chamber (Besmenia)|Federal Chamber]] | ||
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The '''Free Besmenian Citizen's Party''' (Besmenian: Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei, '''FBBP''') is a liberal party in [[Besmenia]]. | The '''Free Besmenian Citizen's Party''' (Besmenian: ''Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei'', '''FBBP''') is a liberal party in [[Besmenia]]. | ||
The FBBP was founded in | The FBBP was founded in 1964 as the successor party to the national liberal [[Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia]] (LBB), after [[Jürgen Rothmann]] became chairman of the LBB in 1963, and a transition to a more centre-liberal orientation began. Under [[Martin Beiter]], there was an increasing social liberal orientation. Today the party sits on the political spectrum between center and center-left. Since the 1980s, the FBBP has managed to develop into a popular party and has also managed to be the strongest or second-strongest party in [[Federal Chamber (Besmenia)|Federal Chamber]] elections. | ||
The party | The FBBP was involved in the federal government from 1980 to 1993, from 2001 to 2012, and most recently from 2016 to 2021. The party is one of the three major contemporary political parties in Besmenia along with the [[Besmenian People's Party]] and the [[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|Social Democratic Union]]. | ||
== | ==Ideology and policies== | ||
===Economic policy=== | |||
The FBBP is oriented towards economic liberalism and advocates the social market economy with a high level of technological innovation and growing digitalization, the FBBP considers this to be a central driver for creating prosperity for the entire society. | |||
===Family policy=== | |||
The FBBP advocates the legal equality of different forms of living together. Marriage between a man and a woman should not be given preference over other forms of coexistence. Same-sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples. For example, the FBBP supports the right to simultaneous adoption of children by same-sex couples. | |||
===Foreign policy=== | |||
Internationally, the FBBP calls for a more determined enforcement and promotion of human rights and freedoms. The FBBP are for a cosmopolitan Besmenia that uses the opportunities of globalization for itself. The FBBP sees itself as „the” [[Alliance of Nortuan States|ANS]] party. This claim is justified by the Nortua policy and the co-founding of the ANS in 1989 under Martin Beiter's premiership. To this day, the party still supports Besmenia's membership in the ANS. | |||
==History== | |||
===Formation and Rothmann leadership (1963-1979)=== | |||
===Beiter leadership (1979-1991)=== | |||
After the [[1980 Besmenian federal election]], [[Martin Beiter]] formed a minority government of FBBP and SDU. With the slogan "For a Modern Besmenia!" the FBBP and SDU finally won the absolute majority of votes and mandates in the [[1981 Besmenian federal election]] and formed a majority government. | |||
===1991-1999=== | |||
===Kummstein leadership (1999-2011)=== | |||
===Since 2011=== | |||
As a result of the poor result at the [[2011 Neidenstein-Sulzburg state election]] on January 23, 2011, there were intense discussions in the party, including about Kummstein as party leader and also as prime minister. On January 25, 2011, she announced her resignation, effective immediately, from both the post of prime minister and chairwoman of the FBBP. | |||
==Organization== | |||
===Federal board=== | |||
The FBBP federal board leads the party. It decides on all organizational and political questions in accordance with the resolutions of the federal party congress. His tasks include the appointment and dismissal of the federal manager. He appoints the delegates to be sent by the FBBP to the annual meetings of the [[Union of Albatross Liberal Democrats]]. | |||
{| class="wikitable toptextcells" style="width:75%" | |||
|- | |||
!Chairperson | |||
|[[Moritz Bandenberg]] | |||
|- | |||
!Deputy chairpersons | |||
| [[Michael Tausend]], [[Gerhard Grüt]] | |||
|- | |||
!General secretary | |||
| [[Laura Bechmann]] | |||
|- | |||
!Treasurer | |||
| NAME | |||
|- | |||
!Assessor | |||
| NAMES | |||
|- | |||
!Honorary chairpersons | |||
| NAMES | |||
|} | |||
===Regional associations=== | |||
The Free Besmenian Citizen's Party is divided into 14 state groups. The FBBP is represented in all 14 state chambers. Currently, the governors of [[Jakartaburg]], [[Lemberland]] and [[Metakumburg]] are members of the FBBP. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! State group !! Leader !! Members | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Frankenburg]] || [[Alexander Schlesinger]] || 4,475 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Gablitz]] || [[Martha Freiberger]] || 2,875 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Greuningia]] || [[Gerhard Grüt]] || 10.894 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Jakartaburg]] || [[Ulf Rainer]] || 8,567 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Laitstadt]] || [[Viktor Traut]] || 13,184 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Lemberland]] || [[Peter Blanke]] || 13.353 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] || [[Bernd Barther]] || 10.634 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Maurenmark]] || [[Ingrid von Haller]] || 39.932 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Palingia]] || [[Paul Heizadler]] || 2,425 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Metakumburg]] || [[Tom Heckmeier]] || 6,384 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Sedakania]] || [[Klaus Engelhard]] || 41.333 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Summingia]] || [[Klaus Atzbach]] || 21.935 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Tergau]] || [[Regina Möller]] || 12,234 | |||
|- | |||
| [[FBBP Zollingia]] || [[Erika Feldbacher]] || 9.689 | |||
|} | |||
===Front organizations=== | |||
The FBBP has the following front organizations: | |||
* [[Young Liberals of Besmenia]] ('' Junge Liberale Besmeniens''), organizes young members | |||
* Liberal Seniors (''Liberale Senioren''), organizes senior members | |||
* Liberal Women (''Liberale Frauen''), organizes female members | |||
* Liberal Gays and Lesbians (''Liberale Schwule und Lesben''), organizes LGBT members | |||
===Logo and political colors=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
|+ History of FBBP logos | |||
|- | |||
! width="100px" | 1963–1996 | |||
! width="100px" | 1996–2015 | |||
! width="100px" | 2015–present | |||
|- | |||
| height="80px" | [[File:OldFBBPlogo2.png|85px]] | |||
| [[File:OldFBBPlogo4.png|85px]] | |||
| [[File:Logo of FBBP2020.png|85px]] | |||
|} | |||
The color yellow, which characterizes the party's logo and corporate design, is of paramount importance in the external communication of the FBBP. In addition to yellow, blue and, since 2015, pink complement the color scheme. | |||
==Election results== | |||
===[[Federal Chamber (Besmenia)|Federal Chamber]]=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Election !! Prime Minister Candidate !! Votes in % !! Seats !! Government | ||
|- | |||
| [[1964 East Besmenian federal election|1964]] || [[Jürgen Rothmann]] || 18,9% (#3) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|41|230|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{no2|Opposition}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1968 Besmenian federal election|1968]] || Jürgen Rothmann || 16,9% (#3) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|74|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{no2|Opposition}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1972 Besmenian federal election|1972]] || Jürgen Rothmann || 19,1% (#3) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|83|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{no2|Opposition}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1976 Besmenian federal election|1976]] || [[Wilfried Gruber]] || 23,1% (#2) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|108|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{no2|Opposition}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1980 Besmenian federal election|1980]] || [[Martin Beiter]] || 31,2% (#1) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|144|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|FBBP-SDU minjority}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1981 Besmenian federal election|1981]] || Martin Beiter || 34,8% (#1) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|153|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|FBBP-SDU majority}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1985 Besmenian federal election|1985]] || Martin Beiter || 38,5% (#1) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|176|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|FBBP-SDU majority}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1989 Besmenian federal election|1989]] || Martin Beiter || 37,5% (#1) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|179|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|FBBP-SDU majority}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1993 Besmenian federal election|1993]] || [[Kurt Stöger]] || 28% (#2) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|124|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{no2|Opposition}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[1997 Besmenian federal election|1997]] || [[Heinz Maurich]] || 25,2% (#2) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|114|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{no2|Opposition}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[2001 Besmenian federal election|2001]] || [[Ursula Kummstein]] || 34,8% (#1) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|153|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|FBBP-SDU majority}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[2005 Besmenian federal election|2005]] || Ursula Kummstein || 31,2% (#1) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|137|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|FBBP-BVP majority}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[2009 Besmenian federal election|2009]] || Ursula Kummstein || 28,7% (#1) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|128|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|FBBP-BVP majority}} | |||
|- | |||
| [[2012 Besmenian federal election|2012]] || [[Jörg Rautenberg]] || 23% (#2) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|101|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{no2|Opposition}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[2016 Besmenian federal election|2016]] || [[Frank Hille]] || 24,9% (#2) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|111|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|BVP-FBBP majority}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[2020 Besmenian federal election|2020]] || Frank Hille || 23,6% (#2) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|108|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{yes2|BVP-FBBP majority}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | | [[2021 Besmenian federal election|2021]] || [[Moritz Bandenberg]] || 20,2% (#2) ||{{Infobox political party/seats|90|427|hex=#FFFF00}} || {{no2|Opposition}} | ||
|} | |||
===[[President of Besmenia|President]]=== | |||
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" | |||
! rowspan="2"|Election | |||
! rowspan="2"|Candidate | |||
! colspan=2|First round result | |||
! colspan=2|Second round result | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Votes in % | |||
! Result | |||
! Votes in % | |||
! Result | |||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1969 Besmenian presidential election|1969]] | |||
| colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| No candidate | |||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1973 Besmenian presidential election|1973]] | |||
| colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| No candidate | |||
|- | |- | ||
! [[1979 Besmenian presidential election|1979]] | |||
| colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey| No candidate | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | ! [[1985 Besmenian presidential election|1985]] | ||
| [[Otto Schulz]] | |||
| 37,8% | |||
| {{depends|Runner-up}} | |||
| 60,5% | |||
| {{yes2|Won}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[ | ! [[1991 Besmenian presidential election|1991]] | ||
| [[Otto Schulz]] | |||
| 63,4% | |||
| {{yes2|Won}} | |||
| colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgrey| | |||
|- | |||
! [[1997 Besmenian presidential election|1997]] | |||
| [[Ursula Kummstein]] | |||
| 30% | |||
| {{depends|Runner-up}} | |||
| 45,9% | |||
| {{no2|Lost}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category: | ==Leaders of the FBBP since 1963== | ||
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! width=5% colspan="2"| Portrait | |||
! width=13%|Name<br/>{{small|(Birth{{ndash}}Death)}} | |||
! width=10% colspan="2"| Term of office | |||
! width=8%|Tenure<br/>{{small|(Years and days)}} | |||
! width=12%|State | |||
! width=12%|Prime Minister | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 1 </span> | |||
| [[File:Jürgen Rothmann.png|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Jürgen Rothmann]]'''<br/><small>(1920–2004)</small> | |||
| 28 November<br />1963 | |||
| 28 July<br />1979 | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|28 November 1963|28 July 1979}}</small> | |||
| [[Summingia]] | |||
| [[Wolfgang Butz]]<br/>[[Johannes Schmidt]]<br/>[[Robert Gleitzmann]] | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 2 </span> | |||
| [[File:Martin Beiter.jpg|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Martin Beiter]]'''<br/><small>(1945–1991)</small> | |||
| 28 July<br />1979 | |||
| 5 May<br />1991 † | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|28 July 1979|5 May 1991}}</small> | |||
| [[Metakumburg]] | |||
| [[Robert Gleitzmann]]<br/>Himself | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 3 </span> | |||
| [[File:Kurt Stöger2.png|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Kurt Stöger]]'''<br/><small>(1933–2021)</small> | |||
| 14 June<br />1991 | |||
| 3 October<br />1993 | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|16 June 1991|3 October 1993}}</small> | |||
| [[Tergau]] | |||
| Himself | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 4 </span> | |||
| [[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F078542-0022, Wiesbaden, CDU-Bundesparteitag, Albrecht (cropped).jpg|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Heinz Maurich]]'''<br/><small>(1941–)</small> | |||
| 3 October<br />1993 | |||
| 5 November<br />1999 | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|3 October 1993|5 November 1999}}</small> | |||
| [[Sedakania]] | |||
| [[Kurt Stöger]]<br/>[[Erik Tautenbach]] | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 5 </span> | |||
| [[File:Ursula Kummstein2008.jpg|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Ursula Kummstein]]'''<br/><small>(1950–)</small> | |||
| 5 November<br />1999 | |||
| 25 January<br />2011 | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|5 November 1999|25 January 2011}}</small> | |||
| [[Laitstadt]] | |||
| [[Erik Tautenbach]]<br/>Herself | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 6 </span> | |||
| [[File:HBM Spindelegger1.jpg|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Jörg Rautenberg]]'''<br/><small>(1960–)</small> | |||
| 25 January<br />2011 | |||
| 14 April<br />2013 | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|25 January 2011|14 April 2013}}</small> | |||
| [[Neidelstein-Sulzburg]] | |||
| Himself<br/>[[Theodor Sidemann]] | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 7 </span> | |||
| [[File:Élisabeth Baume-Schneider (2019).jpg|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Erika Badt-Springer]]'''<br/><small>(1964–)</small> | |||
| 14 April<br />2013 | |||
| 20 February<br />2016 | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|14 April 2013|20 February 2016}}</small> | |||
| [[Sedakania]] | |||
| [[Theodor Sidemann]] | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 8 </span> | |||
| [[File:Frank Hille.png|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Frank Hille]]'''<br/><small>(1962–)</small> | |||
| 20 February<br />2016 | |||
| 1 May<br />2021 | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|1 May 2021|3 May 2024}}</small> | |||
| [[Tergau]] | |||
| [[Theodor Sidemann]] | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 9 </span> | |||
| [[File:2021 Hermann Schützenhöfer (51412459126) (cropped) (cropped).jpg|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Moritz Bandenberg]]'''<br/><small>(1952–)</small> | |||
| 1 May<br />2021 | |||
| 3 May<br />2024 | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|1 May 2021|3 May 2024}}</small> | |||
| [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] | |||
| [[Theodor Sidemann]]<br/>[[Richard Benkel]]<br/>[[Elisabeth Rademacher]]<br/>[[Thomas Pühringer]] | |||
|- | |||
! style="background:#FFFF00; | <span style="color:#000000"> 10 </span> | |||
| [[File:MKr32663 Volker Wissing (Eröffnung Schiersteiner Brücke).jpg|75px]] | |||
| <br>'''[[Michael Thielmann]]'''<br/><small>(1970–)</small> | |||
| 3 May<br />2024 | |||
| Incumbent | |||
| <small>{{age in years and days|2024|5|3}}</small> | |||
| [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] | |||
| [[Thomas Pühringer]] | |||
|} | |||
[[Category: Besmenia]] |
Latest revision as of 16:17, 3 May 2024
Free Besmenian Citizen's Party Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei | |
---|---|
Abbreviation | FBBP |
Leader | Michael Thielmann |
Founded | 28 November 1963 |
Preceded by | Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia |
Headquarters | Heraldsteinstraße 76, Laitstadt |
Think tank | Martin Beiter Foundation |
Youth wing | Young Liberals of Besmenia |
Membership (2021) | 298,779 |
Ideology |
Factions: |
Political position | Center to center-left |
Colors | Yellow Pink Blue |
Federal Chamber | 92 / 443
|
Federal Senate | 14 / 64
|
State governmentship | 4 / 14
|
Seats in the state parliaments | 305 / 1,488
|
Party flag | |
The Free Besmenian Citizen's Party (Besmenian: Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei, FBBP) is a liberal party in Besmenia.
The FBBP was founded in 1964 as the successor party to the national liberal Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia (LBB), after Jürgen Rothmann became chairman of the LBB in 1963, and a transition to a more centre-liberal orientation began. Under Martin Beiter, there was an increasing social liberal orientation. Today the party sits on the political spectrum between center and center-left. Since the 1980s, the FBBP has managed to develop into a popular party and has also managed to be the strongest or second-strongest party in Federal Chamber elections.
The FBBP was involved in the federal government from 1980 to 1993, from 2001 to 2012, and most recently from 2016 to 2021. The party is one of the three major contemporary political parties in Besmenia along with the Besmenian People's Party and the Social Democratic Union.
Ideology and policies
Economic policy
The FBBP is oriented towards economic liberalism and advocates the social market economy with a high level of technological innovation and growing digitalization, the FBBP considers this to be a central driver for creating prosperity for the entire society.
Family policy
The FBBP advocates the legal equality of different forms of living together. Marriage between a man and a woman should not be given preference over other forms of coexistence. Same-sex couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples. For example, the FBBP supports the right to simultaneous adoption of children by same-sex couples.
Foreign policy
Internationally, the FBBP calls for a more determined enforcement and promotion of human rights and freedoms. The FBBP are for a cosmopolitan Besmenia that uses the opportunities of globalization for itself. The FBBP sees itself as „the” ANS party. This claim is justified by the Nortua policy and the co-founding of the ANS in 1989 under Martin Beiter's premiership. To this day, the party still supports Besmenia's membership in the ANS.
History
Formation and Rothmann leadership (1963-1979)
Beiter leadership (1979-1991)
After the 1980 Besmenian federal election, Martin Beiter formed a minority government of FBBP and SDU. With the slogan "For a Modern Besmenia!" the FBBP and SDU finally won the absolute majority of votes and mandates in the 1981 Besmenian federal election and formed a majority government.
1991-1999
Kummstein leadership (1999-2011)
Since 2011
As a result of the poor result at the 2011 Neidenstein-Sulzburg state election on January 23, 2011, there were intense discussions in the party, including about Kummstein as party leader and also as prime minister. On January 25, 2011, she announced her resignation, effective immediately, from both the post of prime minister and chairwoman of the FBBP.
Organization
Federal board
The FBBP federal board leads the party. It decides on all organizational and political questions in accordance with the resolutions of the federal party congress. His tasks include the appointment and dismissal of the federal manager. He appoints the delegates to be sent by the FBBP to the annual meetings of the Union of Albatross Liberal Democrats.
Chairperson | Moritz Bandenberg |
---|---|
Deputy chairpersons | Michael Tausend, Gerhard Grüt |
General secretary | Laura Bechmann |
Treasurer | NAME |
Assessor | NAMES |
Honorary chairpersons | NAMES |
Regional associations
The Free Besmenian Citizen's Party is divided into 14 state groups. The FBBP is represented in all 14 state chambers. Currently, the governors of Jakartaburg, Lemberland and Metakumburg are members of the FBBP.
State group | Leader | Members |
---|---|---|
FBBP Frankenburg | Alexander Schlesinger | 4,475 |
FBBP Gablitz | Martha Freiberger | 2,875 |
FBBP Greuningia | Gerhard Grüt | 10.894 |
FBBP Jakartaburg | Ulf Rainer | 8,567 |
FBBP Laitstadt | Viktor Traut | 13,184 |
FBBP Lemberland | Peter Blanke | 13.353 |
FBBP Neidenstein-Sulzburg | Bernd Barther | 10.634 |
FBBP Maurenmark | Ingrid von Haller | 39.932 |
FBBP Palingia | Paul Heizadler | 2,425 |
FBBP Metakumburg | Tom Heckmeier | 6,384 |
FBBP Sedakania | Klaus Engelhard | 41.333 |
FBBP Summingia | Klaus Atzbach | 21.935 |
FBBP Tergau | Regina Möller | 12,234 |
FBBP Zollingia | Erika Feldbacher | 9.689 |
Front organizations
The FBBP has the following front organizations:
- Young Liberals of Besmenia ( Junge Liberale Besmeniens), organizes young members
- Liberal Seniors (Liberale Senioren), organizes senior members
- Liberal Women (Liberale Frauen), organizes female members
- Liberal Gays and Lesbians (Liberale Schwule und Lesben), organizes LGBT members
Logo and political colors
1963–1996 | 1996–2015 | 2015–present |
---|---|---|
The color yellow, which characterizes the party's logo and corporate design, is of paramount importance in the external communication of the FBBP. In addition to yellow, blue and, since 2015, pink complement the color scheme.
Election results
Federal Chamber
Election | Prime Minister Candidate | Votes in % | Seats | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Jürgen Rothmann | 18,9% (#3) | 41 / 230 |
Opposition |
1968 | Jürgen Rothmann | 16,9% (#3) | 74 / 427 |
Opposition |
1972 | Jürgen Rothmann | 19,1% (#3) | 83 / 427 |
Opposition |
1976 | Wilfried Gruber | 23,1% (#2) | 108 / 427 |
Opposition |
1980 | Martin Beiter | 31,2% (#1) | 144 / 427 |
FBBP-SDU minjority |
1981 | Martin Beiter | 34,8% (#1) | 153 / 427 |
FBBP-SDU majority |
1985 | Martin Beiter | 38,5% (#1) | 176 / 427 |
FBBP-SDU majority |
1989 | Martin Beiter | 37,5% (#1) | 179 / 427 |
FBBP-SDU majority |
1993 | Kurt Stöger | 28% (#2) | 124 / 427 |
Opposition |
1997 | Heinz Maurich | 25,2% (#2) | 114 / 427 |
Opposition |
2001 | Ursula Kummstein | 34,8% (#1) | 153 / 427 |
FBBP-SDU majority |
2005 | Ursula Kummstein | 31,2% (#1) | 137 / 427 |
FBBP-BVP majority |
2009 | Ursula Kummstein | 28,7% (#1) | 128 / 427 |
FBBP-BVP majority |
2012 | Jörg Rautenberg | 23% (#2) | 101 / 427 |
Opposition |
2016 | Frank Hille | 24,9% (#2) | 111 / 427 |
BVP-FBBP majority |
2020 | Frank Hille | 23,6% (#2) | 108 / 427 |
BVP-FBBP majority |
2021 | Moritz Bandenberg | 20,2% (#2) | 90 / 427 |
Opposition |
President
Election | Candidate | First round result | Second round result | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes in % | Result | Votes in % | Result | ||||
1969 | No candidate | ||||||
1973 | No candidate | ||||||
1979 | No candidate | ||||||
1985 | Otto Schulz | 37,8% | Runner-up | 60,5% | Won | ||
1991 | Otto Schulz | 63,4% | Won | ||||
1997 | Ursula Kummstein | 30% | Runner-up | 45,9% | Lost |
Leaders of the FBBP since 1963
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Tenure (Years and days) |
State | Prime Minister | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jürgen Rothmann (1920–2004) |
28 November 1963 |
28 July 1979 |
15 years, 242 days | Summingia | Wolfgang Butz Johannes Schmidt Robert Gleitzmann | |
2 | Martin Beiter (1945–1991) |
28 July 1979 |
5 May 1991 † |
11 years, 281 days | Metakumburg | Robert Gleitzmann Himself | |
3 | Kurt Stöger (1933–2021) |
14 June 1991 |
3 October 1993 |
2 years, 109 days | Tergau | Himself | |
4 | Heinz Maurich (1941–) |
3 October 1993 |
5 November 1999 |
6 years, 33 days | Sedakania | Kurt Stöger Erik Tautenbach | |
5 | Ursula Kummstein (1950–) |
5 November 1999 |
25 January 2011 |
11 years, 81 days | Laitstadt | Erik Tautenbach Herself | |
6 | Jörg Rautenberg (1960–) |
25 January 2011 |
14 April 2013 |
2 years, 79 days | Neidelstein-Sulzburg | Himself Theodor Sidemann | |
7 | Erika Badt-Springer (1964–) |
14 April 2013 |
20 February 2016 |
2 years, 312 days | Sedakania | Theodor Sidemann | |
8 | Frank Hille (1962–) |
20 February 2016 |
1 May 2021 |
3 years, 2 days | Tergau | Theodor Sidemann | |
9 | Moritz Bandenberg (1952–) |
1 May 2021 |
3 May 2024 |
3 years, 2 days | Neidenstein-Sulzburg | Theodor Sidemann Richard Benkel Elisabeth Rademacher Thomas Pühringer | |
10 | Michael Thielmann (1970–) |
3 May 2024 |
Incumbent | 205 days | Neidenstein-Sulzburg | Thomas Pühringer |