Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia

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Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia

Liberale Bürgerpartei Besmeniens
AbbreviationLBB
Founded28 May 1930
Dissolved28 November 1963
Succeeded byFBBP
HeadquartersLaitstadt, East Besmenia
IdeologyNational liberalism
Libertarianism
Liberal conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
Colors  Dark yellow

The Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia (Besmenian: Liberale Bürgerpartei Besmeniens), was a national-liberal political party in East Besmenia.

The LBB 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 Liberal Citizen's. The party was a member of the East Besmenian government from 1940 to 1956 and was the largest party in the Federal Chamber from 1944 to 1956. LBB-Chairman Albrecht Neumann served as Prime Minister from 1944 to 1956.

In the early 1960s disputes within the party arose over political alignment. In 1963, Jürgen Rothmann, a supporter of the centre-liberal wing of LBB, became chairman. Under Rothmann, the LBB was renamed to Free Besmenian Citizen's Party and concentrated on a stronger centre-liberal orientation.

History

Ideology and policies

Election results

Chairmans of the LBB

Leader Year
1 Anton Zimmermann 1930–1933
2 Albrecht Neumann 1933–1959
3 Franz Hilfborn 1959–1961
4 Waldemar Rist 1961–1963
5 Jürgen Rothmann 1963