Democratic Party of Germany Demokratische Partei Deutschlands | |
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| Leader | Theodor Heuss, Wilhelm Külz |
| Founded | March 17, 1947 |
| Dissolved | January 1948 |
| Merger of | Liberal Democratic Party (Berlin and Soviet zone), Free Democratic Party (British zone), Democratic People's Party (Württemberg-Baden), other regional parties |
| Succeeded by | Free Democratic Party (West Germany) Liberal Democratic Party (East Germany) |
| Headquarters | Frankfurt am Main and Berlin |
| Ideology | Liberalism (German) |
The Democratic Party of Germany (German: Demokratische Partei Deutschlands, DPD) was founded in 1947 as a German liberal party and is the forerunner of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in the current Federal Republic of Germany.