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| President | Paul-Jürgen Porr |
| Leader in the Chamber of Deputies | Ovidiu Victor Ganț |
| Managing director[a] | Benjamin Józsa |
| Founded | 28 December 1989 in Sighișoara/Schäßburg[1] |
| Headquarters | Sibiu, Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania |
| Membership | c. 40,000 (2004) c. 20,000[b][2] |
| Ideology | German minority interest Christian democracy Conservative liberalism |
| National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
| Regional affiliation | Coalition for Baia Mare (2016) |
| European Parliament group | EPP-ED (January – November 2007) |
| International affiliation | Federal Union of European Nationalities[3] |
| Colours | Red-burgundy |
| Senate | 0 / 136 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 330 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 33 |
| Mayors | 5 / 3,176 |
| County Councillors | 5 / 1,340 |
| Local Council Councillors | 52 / 39,900 |
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The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (German: Das Demokratische Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien or Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien, DFDR; Romanian: Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România, FDGR; in short Forumul German or Das Forum) is a political party (legally recognized as an association of public utility according to the governmental decision HG 599 as per 4 June 2008) organised on ethnic criteria representing the interests of the German minority in Romania.[4][5][6]
Initially, the FDGR/DFDR was a cultural association representing the culture of the German community in Romania, but it subsequently became a moderately successful local political party (especially amongst Romanian voters as well), most notably in parts of Transylvania (central Romania) and Banat (south-western Romania). Consequently, the counties where the FDGR/DFDR obtained the highest political scores in many local elections after 1989 are Sibiu (German: Kreis Hermannstadt) and Timiș (German: Kreis Temesch) respectively.
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- ^ "Aniversarea de 50 de ani a emisiunii Akzente (@TVR1)". Akzente, the public TV show of the German minority in Romania on TVR (in Romanian and German). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania". The official website of Federal Union of European Nationalities (FUEN). Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ Liste der Mitgliedsorganisationen, FUEN - Federal Union of European Nationalities
- ^ Markus Nowak. "Minderheit mit Brückenfunktion". Deutsches Kulturforum östliches Europa (in German). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Statul - FDGR". Forumul German Sibiu (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Romania, Historical Development". European Commission (official website) (in Romanian). 1 December 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.