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The '''Party of the Besmenian Left''' (Besmenian: ''Partei der Besmenischen Linken'') is a democratic socialism party in [[Besmenia]].
The '''Party of the Besmenian Left''' (Besmenian: ''Partei der Besmenischen Linken'') is a democratic-socialism and left-wing party in [[Besmenia]].
 
The PBL was formed in January 1998 initially primarily from critical [[Social Democratic Union (Besmenia)|SDU]] members and opponents of the more conservative-leaning SDU chairman [[Rudolf Dietrich]] who had formed the association ''[[Wahlalternative der Besmenischen Linken]]'' (WABL) and constituted itself as a political party on August 15, 1998. While the PBL was described as a protest party with the aim of making an alternative to the SDU in its early years, a regular electorate increasingly formed from the 2000s onwards.
 
The PBL has had uninterrupted representation in the [[Federal Chamber (Besmenia)|Federal Chamber]] since 2001 and has been involved as a junior partner in the [[Tergau]]n state government alongside the SDU and [[Green Party of Besmenia|GPB]] since 2013.
==Ideology and policies==
[[File:PBL regional governments.png|180px|thumb|left|Federal states in which the PBL,<br/> {{colorbox|#CE3200}} is a junior partner in the state government.<br/> {{colorbox|#FA5B2A}} is in the opposition.<br/> {{colorbox|#FF8863}} is not represented in the state chamber.]]
===Foreign policy and defense policy===
The PBL calls for a disarmament policy. The party wants to achieve stability and peaceful cooperation through social justice, the realization of human rights, sustainable development and democracy. Missions of the [[Besmenian Federal Army]] abroad are generally rejected. The party strongly criticized Besmenia's involvement in the [[Second War in Vulkaria]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and urged the federal government to withdraw Besmenian soldiers from Vulkaria.
===Family policy===
In the area of family policy, the PBL deals in particular with gender equality. To this end, it is striving for an additional equality law for the private sector. Special programs to promote women are also to be introduced. The PBL criticizes the unequal pay of the work of both sexes. The reconciliation of family and career is to be improved through the expansion of all-day facilities. The PBL wants to make it easier for couples to raise children – no matter what type of relationship they live in together. The party strongly advocates marriage for same-sex couples.
===Economic policy===
===Transport policy===
The PBL is committed to free public transport throughout Besmenia.


==History==
==History==
===Founding===
===Founding===
[[File:Hannes Hochstein.jpg|174px|thumb|right|[[Hannes Hochstein]] (1941-2014), co-founder and first chairperson of the PBL from 1998 to 2004.]]
The party emerged from the association ''[[Wahlalternative der Besmenische Linken]]'' (WABL), which was founded on January 11, 1998. The WABL emerged from the coming together of groups that had their origins in left-wing social democracy. At the end of June 1998 a decision was made in [[Berkafurt]] about founding a party. Several members of the provisional federal executive board had declared that they were striving to found such a party and that they wanted to stand in the next [[2001 Besmenian federal election|Federal Chamber election]]. As a new left-wing party, the party wanted to offer dissatisfied voters and non-voters an election alternative. In July 1998 a ballot was held on the planned founding of the party, with most members approving. Finally, on August 15, 1998, the party was officially founded in [[Freiz]] under the name ''Party of the Besmenian Left''. At the same time, former SDU politician [[Hannes Hochstein]] was elected the first party leader of the PBL.
===1998-2011===
===1998-2011===
===Since 2011===
===Eckwach leadership (2011-2022)===
==Ideology and policies==
===Since 2022===
In March 2022, Eckwach announced that he wanted to resign as PBL chairwoman for private reasons. At the PBL party congress in [[Könlenz]] on May 28, 2022, the previous chairwoman of [[PBL Neidenstein-Sulzburg]] [[Petra Wachsmuth]] was elected the new PBL chairperson.
 
==Chairpersons of the PBL==
{| 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:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 1 </span>
| [[File:Hannes Hochstein.jpg|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Hannes Hochstein]]'''<br/><small>(1941–2014)</small>
| 15 August<br />1998
| 21 September<br />2004
| <small>{{age in years and days|15 August 1998|21 September 2004}}</small>
| [[Summingia]]
| [[Erik Tautenbach]]<br/>[[Ursula Kummstein]]
|-
! style="background:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 2 </span>
| [[File:Erik Schwan.jpg|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Erik Schwan]]'''<br/><small>(1959–)</small>
| 21 September<br />2004
| 7 December<br />2009
| <small>{{age in years and days|21 September 2004|7 December 2009}}</small>
| [[Maurenmark]]
| [[Ursula Kummstein]]
|-
! style="background:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 3 </span>
| [[File:Anton Pohl.jpg|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Anton Pohl]]'''<br/><small>(1964-)</small>
| 7 December<br />2009
| 6 October<br />2011
| <small>{{age in years and days|7 December 2009|6 October 2011}}</small>
| [[Metakumburg]]
| [[Ursula Kummstein]]<br/> [[Jörg Rautenberg]]
|-
! style="background:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 4 </span>
| [[File:Sandra Eckwach2.png|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Sandra Eckwach]]'''<br/><small>(1966–)</small>
| 6 October<br />2011
| 28 May<br />2022
| <small>{{age in years and days|6 October 2011|28 May 2022}}</small>
| [[Laitstadt]]
| [[Jörg Rautenberg]]<br/>[[Theodor Sidemann]]<br/>[[Richard Benkel]]<br/>[[Elisabeth Rademacher]]
|-
! style="background:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 5 </span>
| [[File:Christiane Schenderlein - Bild CS 20190625.jpg|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Petra Wachsmuth]]'''<br/><small>(1982–)</small>
| 28 May<br />2022
| Incumbent
| <small>{{age in years and days|2022|5|28}}</small>
| [[Neidenstein-Sulzburg]]
| [[Elisabeth Rademacher]]
|-
|}
 
==Structure==
==Structure==
==Election results==
==Election results==
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| x = 2001,2005,2009,2012,2016,2020,2021
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}} Election results of the PBL at federal level.
===[[Federal Chamber (Besmenia)|Federal Chamber]]===
===[[Federal Chamber (Besmenia)|Federal Chamber]]===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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! Election !! Prime Minister Candidate !! Votes in % !! Seats !! Government
! Election !! Prime Minister Candidate !! Votes in % !! Seats !! Government
|-
|-
| 2001 || [[Hannes Hochstein]] ||  5,3% (#6)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|24|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
| [[2001 Besmenian federal election|2001]] || [[Hannes Hochstein]] ||  5,3% (#6)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|24|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
| 2005 || [[Erik Schwan]] ||  5,8% (#6)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|26|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
| [[2005 Besmenian federal election|2005]] || [[Erik Schwan]] ||  5,8% (#6)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|25|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
| 2009 || Erik Schwan ||  8,9% (#5)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|39|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
| [[2009 Besmenian federal election|2009]] || Erik Schwan ||  8,9% (#6)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|39|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
| 2012 || [[Sandra Eckwach]] ||  7,3% (#6)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|37|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
| [[2012 Besmenian federal election|2012]] || [[Sandra Eckwach]] ||  7,3% (#6)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|32|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
| 2016 || Sandra Eckwach ||  8% (#5)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|36|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
| [[2016 Besmenian federal election|2016]] || Sandra Eckwach ||  8% (#5)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|36|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
| 2020 || Sandra Eckwach || 9% (#5)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|45|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
| [[2020 Besmenian federal election|2020]] || Sandra Eckwach || 9% (#5)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|40|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
| 2021 || Sandra Eckwach || 10,1% (#5)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|45|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
| [[2021 Besmenian federal election|2021]] || Sandra Eckwach || 10,1% (#5)  ||{{Infobox political party/seats|45|427|hex=#CE3200}} || {{no2|Opposition}}
|}
|}


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| {{no2|5th place}}
| {{no2|5th place}}
| colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgrey|
| colspan=2 bgcolor=lightgrey|
|}


|}


==Leaders of the PBL==
{| 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:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 1 </span>
| [[File:Hannes Hochstein.jpg|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Hannes Hochstein]]'''<br/><small>(1953–2014)</small>
| 1 August<br />1998
| 21 September<br />2001
| <small>{{age in years and days|1 August 1998|21 September 2001}}</small>
| [[Summingia]]
| [[Erik Tautenbach]]
|-
! style="background:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 2 </span>
| [[File:Erik Schwan.jpg|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Erik Schwan]]'''<br/><small>(1959–)</small>
| 21 September<br />2001
| 7 December<br />2009
| <small>{{age in years and days|21 September 2001|7 December 2009}}</small>
| [[Maurenmark]]
| [[Erik Tautenbach]]<br/>[[Ursula Kummstein]]
|-
! style="background:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 3 </span>
| [[File:Anton Pohl.jpg|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Anton Pohl]]'''<br/><small>(1964-)</small>
| 7 December<br />2009
| 6 October<br />2011
| <small>{{age in years and days|7 December 2009|6 October 2011}}</small>
| [[Metakumburg]]
| [[Ursula Kummstein]]<br/> [[Jörg Rautenberg]]
|-
! style="background:#CE3200; | <span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 4 </span>
| [[File:Sandra Eckwach2.png|75px]]
| <br>'''[[Sandra Eckwach]]'''<br/><small>(1966–)</small>
| 6 October<br />2011
| Incumbent
| <small>{{age in years and days|2011|10|6}}</small>
| [[Laitstadt]]
| [[Jörg Rautenberg]]<br/>[[Theodor Sidemann]]<br/>[[Richard Benkel]]<br/>[[Elisabeth Rademacher]]
|-
|}


[[Category: Besmenia]]
[[Category: Besmenia]]

Latest revision as of 06:19, 7 April 2023

Party of the Besmenian Left

Partei der Besmenischen Linken
ChairpersonPetra Wachsmuth
Secretary-GeneralGeorg Winkler
FoundedAugust 15, 1998 (1998-08-15)
Split fromSDU
HeadquartersEisenstraße 73, Laitstadt, Besmenia
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
Colors  Red
  Maroon (customary)
Federal Chamber
45 / 443
Federal Senate
2 / 64
Seats in states parliaments
109 / 1,488

The Party of the Besmenian Left (Besmenian: Partei der Besmenischen Linken) is a democratic-socialism and left-wing party in Besmenia.

The PBL was formed in January 1998 initially primarily from critical SDU members and opponents of the more conservative-leaning SDU chairman Rudolf Dietrich who had formed the association Wahlalternative der Besmenischen Linken (WABL) and constituted itself as a political party on August 15, 1998. While the PBL was described as a protest party with the aim of making an alternative to the SDU in its early years, a regular electorate increasingly formed from the 2000s onwards.

The PBL has had uninterrupted representation in the Federal Chamber since 2001 and has been involved as a junior partner in the Tergaun state government alongside the SDU and GPB since 2013.

Ideology and policies

Federal states in which the PBL,
  is a junior partner in the state government.
  is in the opposition.
  is not represented in the state chamber.

Foreign policy and defense policy

The PBL calls for a disarmament policy. The party wants to achieve stability and peaceful cooperation through social justice, the realization of human rights, sustainable development and democracy. Missions of the Besmenian Federal Army abroad are generally rejected. The party strongly criticized Besmenia's involvement in the Second War in Vulkaria in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and urged the federal government to withdraw Besmenian soldiers from Vulkaria.

Family policy

In the area of family policy, the PBL deals in particular with gender equality. To this end, it is striving for an additional equality law for the private sector. Special programs to promote women are also to be introduced. The PBL criticizes the unequal pay of the work of both sexes. The reconciliation of family and career is to be improved through the expansion of all-day facilities. The PBL wants to make it easier for couples to raise children – no matter what type of relationship they live in together. The party strongly advocates marriage for same-sex couples.

Economic policy

Transport policy

The PBL is committed to free public transport throughout Besmenia.

History

Founding

Hannes Hochstein (1941-2014), co-founder and first chairperson of the PBL from 1998 to 2004.

The party emerged from the association Wahlalternative der Besmenische Linken (WABL), which was founded on January 11, 1998. The WABL emerged from the coming together of groups that had their origins in left-wing social democracy. At the end of June 1998 a decision was made in Berkafurt about founding a party. Several members of the provisional federal executive board had declared that they were striving to found such a party and that they wanted to stand in the next Federal Chamber election. As a new left-wing party, the party wanted to offer dissatisfied voters and non-voters an election alternative. In July 1998 a ballot was held on the planned founding of the party, with most members approving. Finally, on August 15, 1998, the party was officially founded in Freiz under the name Party of the Besmenian Left. At the same time, former SDU politician Hannes Hochstein was elected the first party leader of the PBL.

1998-2011

Eckwach leadership (2011-2022)

Since 2022

In March 2022, Eckwach announced that he wanted to resign as PBL chairwoman for private reasons. At the PBL party congress in Könlenz on May 28, 2022, the previous chairwoman of PBL Neidenstein-Sulzburg Petra Wachsmuth was elected the new PBL chairperson.

Chairpersons of the PBL

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Tenure
(Years and days)
State Prime Minister
1 Hannes Hochstein.jpg
Hannes Hochstein
(1941–2014)
15 August
1998
21 September
2004
6 years, 37 days Summingia Erik Tautenbach
Ursula Kummstein
2 File:Erik Schwan.jpg
Erik Schwan
(1959–)
21 September
2004
7 December
2009
5 years, 77 days Maurenmark Ursula Kummstein
3 File:Anton Pohl.jpg
Anton Pohl
(1964-)
7 December
2009
6 October
2011
1 year, 303 days Metakumburg Ursula Kummstein
Jörg Rautenberg
4 Sandra Eckwach2.png
Sandra Eckwach
(1966–)
6 October
2011
28 May
2022
10 years, 234 days Laitstadt Jörg Rautenberg
Theodor Sidemann
Richard Benkel
Elisabeth Rademacher
5 Christiane Schenderlein - Bild CS 20190625.jpg
Petra Wachsmuth
(1982–)
28 May
2022
Incumbent 2 years, 180 days Neidenstein-Sulzburg Elisabeth Rademacher

Structure

Election results

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Federal Chamber

Election Prime Minister Candidate Votes in % Seats Government
2001 Hannes Hochstein 5,3% (#6)
24 / 427
Opposition
2005 Erik Schwan 5,8% (#6)
25 / 427
Opposition
2009 Erik Schwan 8,9% (#6)
39 / 427
Opposition
2012 Sandra Eckwach 7,3% (#6)
32 / 427
Opposition
2016 Sandra Eckwach 8% (#5)
36 / 427
Opposition
2020 Sandra Eckwach 9% (#5)
40 / 427
Opposition
2021 Sandra Eckwach 10,1% (#5)
45 / 427
Opposition

President

Election Candidate First round result Second round result
Votes in % Result Votes in % Result
2003 No candidate
2009 No candidate
2009 No candidate
2021 Wilfried Wetzstein 4,2% 5th place