Free Besmenian Citizen's Party

Free Besmenian Citizen's Party Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei
Abbreviation	FBBP
Leader	Moritz Bandenberg
Vice leader	Gerhard von Mörke
Founded	28 May 1930
Headquarters	Heraldsteinstraße 76, Laitstadt
Think tank	Albrecht Neumann Foundation
Youth wing	Young Liberals of Besmenia
Membership (2021)	298,779
Ideology	Liberalism Classical liberalism Social liberalism Beiterism Historical: National liberalism Libertarianism Liberal conservatism
Political position	center to center-left
Colors	Yellow   Pink
Federal Chamber	90 / 427
Federal Senate	14 / 60
State governmentship	3 / 13
Seats in the state parliaments	294 / 1,398
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The Free Besmenian Citizen's Party (Besmenian: Freie Besmenische Bürgerpartei, FBBP) is a liberal party in Besmenia.

The FBBP was founded in 1930, after the Besmenian Democratic Party and the Besmenian Freedom Party merged into a common party. As early as the 1928 East Besmenian federal election, both parties stood for election as a party alliance under the name Free Citizen's. While the FBBP pursued a right-wing liberal and libertarian policy from its foundation until the mid-1960s, the transformation into a more centric-liberal party began in 1964 under the party chairman Jürgen Rothmann. Under Martin Beiter, there was an increasing social liberal orientation. Today the party sits on the political spectrum between Center and Center-Left.

The FBBP was the strongest party in the Federal Chamber from 1944 to 1956. After the 1956 election, the party was defeated by the BVP, and always came third in elections after 1956. At the 1976 election, the FBBP managed to become the second strongest party since 1940. In 1980 the party managed to be the strongest party for the first time since 1952. After the 1980 election, the FBBP always managed to become the first or second strongest party and has been able to defend its reputation as a people's party ever since.

The FBBP was involved in the federal government from 1940 to 1956, from 1980 to 1993, from 2001 to 2012 and most recently from 2016 to 2021. From 1940 to 1944 and from 2016 to 2021, the party was a junior partner under a prime minister of the BVP or provided the head of government itself with Albrecht Neumann, Martin Beiter, Laura Kummstein and Jörg Rautenberg. 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.

History

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.

Regional associations

The Free Besmenian Citizen's Party is divided into 13 state groups. The FBBP is represented in all 13 state chambers. Currently, the governors of Jakartaburg, Lemberland and Metakumburg are members of the FBBP.

State group	Leader	Members
FBBP Frankenburg	Frank Echter	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 Metakumburg	Tom Heckmeier	6,384
FBBP Sedakania	Klaus Engelhard	41.333
FBBP Summingia	Klaus Atzbach	21.935
FBBP Trissia	Regina Möller	12,234
FBBP Zollingia	Erika Feldbacher	9.689

Election results

Federal Chamber

Election	Prime Minister Candidate	Votes in %	Seats	Government
1980	Martin Beiter	31,2% (#1)	144 / 427	FBBP-SDU minjority
1981	Martin Beiter	34,8% (#1)	150 / 427	FBBP-SDU majority
1985	Martin Beiter	38,5% (#1)	170 / 427	FBBP-SDU majority
1989	Martin Beiter	37,5% (#1)	162 / 427	FBBP-SDU majority
1993	Kurt Stöger	28% (#2)	110 / 427	Opposition
1997	Heinz Maurich	25,7% (#2)	111 / 427	Opposition
2001	Laura Kummstein	35,8% (#1)	154 / 427	FBBP-SDU majority
2005	Laura Kummstein	31,2% (#1)	135 / 427	FBBP-BVP majority
2009	Laura Kummstein	28,9% (#1)	138 / 427	FBBP-BVP majority
2012	Jörg Rautenberg	23% (#2)	100 / 427	Opposition
2016	Frank Hille	25,9% (#2)	112 / 427	BVP-FBBP majority
2020	Frank Hille	28,2% (#2)	122 / 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
1935	No candidate
1941	Anton Zimmermann	17,4%	3rd place
1947	No candidate
1952	Jürgen Waldmacher	29%	2nd place
1958	Erich Bangemann	11,5%	3rd place
1964	Thomas Albrecht	37,3%	Runner-up	53,7%	Won
1970	Thomas Albrecht	66,2%	Won
1973	No candidate
1979	Jürgen Rothmann	14,8%	3rd place
1985	Otto Schulz	37,8%	Runner-up	60,5%	Won
1991	Otto Schulz	63,4%	Won
1997	Laura Kummstein	30%	Runner-up	47,9%	Lost

Leaders of the FBBP since 1930

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	State	Prime Minister
1		Anton Zimmermann (1879–1958)	28 May 1930	22 June 1933	3 years, 25 days	Lower Besmenia	Heinz Dimmler
2		Albrecht Neumann (1878–1969)	22 June 1933	18 February 1959	25 years, 241 days	North Lemberland	Heinz Dimmler Friedrich Bock Himself Günther Brecht
3	File:Jakob Heckerfeld.jpg	Jakob Heckerfeld (1904–1990)	18 February 1959	6 March 1964	5 years, 17 days	Trissia	Günther Brecht Wolfgang Butz
4		Jürgen Rothmann (1920–2004)	6 March 1964	22 March 1980	16 years, 16 days	Summingia	Wolfgang Butz Johannes Schmidt Robert Gleitzmann
5		Martin Beiter (1945–1991)	22 March 1980	5 May 1991 †	11 years, 44 days	Trissia	Robert Gleitzmann Himself
6		Heinz Maurich (1941–)	5 May 1991	5 November 1999	8 years, 184 days	Greuningia	Kurt Stöger Erik Tautenbach
7		Laura Kummstein (1950–)	5 November 1999	25 January 2011	11 years, 81 days	Laitstadt	Erik Tautenbach Herself
8		Jörg Rautenberg (1960–)	25 January 2011	14 April 2013	2 years, 79 days	Neidelstein-Sulzburg	Himself Theodor Sidemann
9	File:Viktor Prüffing.png	Viktor Prüffing (1962–)	14 April 2013	14 May 2016	3 years, 30 days	Frankenburg	Theodor Sidemann
10		Frank Hille (1962–)	14 May 2016	25 April 2021	4 years, 346 days	Trissia	Theodor Sidemann
11		Moritz Bandenberg (1959–)	25 April 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 217 days	Metakumburg	Theodor Sidemann Richard Benkel Elisabeth Rademacher

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