National Besmenian Party

National Besmenian Party Nationale Besmenische Partei
Abbreviation	NBP
Chairperson	Markus Ernst
General Secretary	Herbert Schüssel
Founder	Alexander von Wiest
Founded	10 July 1990
Preceded by	Besmenian Republican Party
Headquarters	Ulrich-Fribel-Straße 55, Laitstadt, Besmenia
Youth wing	National Besmenian Youth
Membership (2021)	101,836
Ideology	Besmenian Nationalism National conservatism Social conservatism Right-wing populism Anti-Immigration Economic liberalism
Colors	Turquoise   Red
Federal Chamber	43 / 427
Federal Senate	0 / 60
Seats in the state parliaments	158 / 1,398

The National Besmenian Party (Besmenian: Nationale Besmenische Partei) is a national conservative and right-wing populist party in Besmenia.

The NBP is represented in the Federal Chamber since 1993. The National Besmenian Party was formed by the merger of the Besmenian Republican Party and the National Besmenian Alliance on July 10, 1990. The party is accused of having a close relationship with right-wing extremism. As a result, most of the other major parties have no interest in forming a coalition with the NBP.

The NBP is currently represented with 43 deputies in the Federal Chamber and in twelve of the thirteen state chambers. Between 1998 and 2008, the NBP ruled as the strongest party in a coalition with the BVP in the Besmenian federal state of Greuningia, with then party leader Alexander von Wiest as governor.

History

Background

The predecessor of the National Besmenian Party was the Besmenian Republican Party, which was founded in 1956 and was represented in the Federal Chamber from 1960 to 1989. Between 1972 and 1980, the BRP was involved as a junior partner in a governing coalition with the BVP under Robert Gleitzmann. The 1980s were marked by internal crises and conflicts because, like the BVP, the BRP had come under massive criticism as a result of the Gleitzmann scandal that erupted in 1983 and had to take electoral losses. While the BVP under Erik Tautenbach managed to overcome the consequences of the Gleitzmann scandal in the late 1980s and was able to show electoral successes again, the BRP did not manage to do so under its chairman Helmut Schwarzberg. In the 1989 election, the BRP failed to get into the Federal Chamber with an overall result of 4.6%

On October 16, 1989, an extraordinary party congress was held, which analyzed the causes of the electoral defeat and elected a completely new presidium. At this party conference, the then 42-year-old Alexander von Wiest was elected as the new chairman. Von Wiest spoke out in favor of re-establishing the party in order to also appeal to young voters.

Ideology and policies

Economic policy

The NBP is committed to a freely competitive social market economy based on private property. The NBP is also in favor of abolishing wage tax classes

Education policy

The party is opposed to federalism in education policy and calls for centralization at federal level.

Family and social policy

The NBP advocates the traditional family of husband and wife and opposes equality policies.

Election results

Federal Chamber

Election	Prime Minister Candidate	Votes in %	Seats	Government
1993	Alexander von Wiest	7,3% (#5)	32 / 427	Opposition
1997	Alexander von Wiest	8,9% (#5)	38 / 427	Opposition
2001	Manfred Gerbrecht	9,6% (#4)	41 / 427	Opposition
2005	Heinrich Perger	10,5% (#4)	45 / 427	Opposition
2009	Alexander von Wiest	11,5% (#4)	49 / 427	Opposition
2012	Karsten Kremes	9,8% (#4)	42 / 427	Opposition
2016	Karsten Kremes	5,7% (#6)	28 / 427	Opposition
2020	Markus Ernst	7,7% (#6)	33 / 427	Opposition
2021	Franz Weinreich	9,6% (#6)	43 / 427	Opposition

Leaders of the NBP since 1990

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	State	Prime Minister
1		Alexander von Wiest (1947–2011)	10 July 1990	19 September 2011 †	21 years, 71 days	Greuningia	Martin Beiter Kurt Stöger Erik Tautenbach Laura Kummstein Jörg Rautenberg
2		Karsten Kremes (1957–)	12 September 2011	17 October 2016	5 years, 35 days	Gablitz	Jörg Rautenberg Theodor Sidemann
3		Markus Ernst (1976–)	17 October 2016	Incumbent	8 years, 15 days	Zollingia	Theodor Sidemann Richard Benkel Elisabeth Rademacher