Social Democratic party of Germany - wikipedia Social Democratic party of Germany `` SPD '' redirects here. For other uses, see SPD ( disambiguation ). Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Abbreviation SPD Leader Olaf Scholz ( Acting ) Secretary - General Lars Klingbeil Deputy Leaders Ralf Stegner Thorsten Schäfer - Gümbel Olaf Scholz Manuela Schwesig Natascha Kohnen Malu Dreyer Founded 23 May 1863 ( 154 years ago ) ( 1863 - 05 - 23 ) Merger of ADAV and SDAP Headquarters Willy - Brandt - Haus D - 10911 Berlin Newspaper Vorwärts Student wing Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund ( 1946 -- 61 ) Sozialdemokratischer Hochschulbund ( de ) ( 1961 -- 72 ) Juso - Hochschulgruppen ( since 1973 ) Youth wing Jusos Women 's wing Association of Social Democratic Women Membership ( January 2017 ) 433,000 Ideology Social democracy Pro-Europeanism Political position Centre - left European affiliation Party of European Socialists International affiliation Progressive Alliance European Parliament group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Colors Red Bundestag 153 / 709 Bundesrat 20 / 69 State Parliaments 516 / 1,821 European Parliament 27 / 96 Prime Ministers of States 7 / 16 Website www.spd.de Politics of Germany Political parties Elections The Social Democratic Party of Germany ( German : Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD ) is a social - democratic political party in Germany. The party, led by acting Chairman Olaf Scholz since 2018, has become one of the two major contemporary political parties in Germany, along with the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ). The SPD has governed at the federal level in Germany as part of a grand coalition with the CDU and the Christian Social Union ( CSU ) since December 2013 following the results of the 2013 and 2017 federal election. The SPD participates in 14 state governments, seven of them governed by SPD Minister - Presidents, and as such holds the distinction of being the only political party in Germany represented in all sixteen Landtags. The SPD is a member of the Party of European Socialists, and initiated the founding of the Progressive Alliance international for social - democratic parties on 22 May 2013, after they had criticised the Socialist International for their acceptance of authoritarian parties. Established in 1863, the SPD is by far the oldest extant political party represented in the German Parliament and was one of the first Marxist - influenced parties in the world. Contents 1 History 2 Party platform 2.1 Internal factions 3 Base of support 3.1 Social structure 3.2 Geographic distribution 4 Election results 4.1 General German elections 4.2 European Parliament 5 Leadership of the Social Democratic Party 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links History Membership development after 1945 Main article : History of the Social Democratic Party of Germany The General German Workers ' Association ( Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein, ADAV ), founded in 1863, and the Social Democratic Workers ' Party ( Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SDAP ), founded in 1869, merged in 1875, under the name Socialist Workers ' Party of Germany ( Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands, SAPD ). From 1878 to 1890, any grouping or meeting that aimed at spreading socialist principles was banned under the Anti-Socialist Laws, but the party still gained support in elections. In 1890, when the ban was lifted and it could again present electoral lists, the party adopted its current name. In the years leading up to World War I, the party remained ideologically radical in official principle, although many party officials tended to be moderate in everyday politics. By 1912, the party claimed the most votes of any German party. Despite the agreement of the Second International to oppose the First World War, the SPD voted in favor of war in 1914. In response to this and the Bolshevik Revolution, members of the left and of the far - left of the SPD formed alternative parties, first the Spartacus League, then the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany and later the Communist Party of Germany. After 1918 the SPD played an important role in the political system of the Weimar Republic, although it took part in coalition governments only in few years ( 1918 -- 21, 1923, 1928 -- 30 ). Adolf Hitler prohibited the party in 1933 under the Enabling Act -- party officials were imprisoned, killed or went into exile. In exile, the party used the name Sopade. The SPD had been the only party to vote against the Enabling Act ( while the Communist Party was blocked from voting ). In 1945, the allied occupants in the Western zones initially allowed four parties to be established, which led to the Christian Democratic Union, the Free Democratic Party, the Communist Party of Germany, and the SPD being established. In the Soviet Zone of Occupation, the Soviets forced the Social Democrats to form a common party with the Communists ( Socialist Unity Party of Germany or SED ). In the Western zones, the Communist Party was later ( 1956 ) banned by West Germany 's Federal Constitutional Court. Since 1949, in the Federal Republic of Germany, the SPD has been one of the two major parties, with the other being the Christian Democratic Union. From 1969 to 1982 and 1998 to 2005 the Chancellors of Germany were Social Democrats whereas the other years the Chancellors were Christian Democrats. Party platform The SPD was established as a Marxist party in 1875. However, the SPD underwent a major shift in policies reflected in the differences between the Heidelberg Program of 1925, which `` called for the transformation of the capitalist system of private ownership of the means of production to social ownership '', and the Godesberg Program of 1959, which aimed to broaden its voter base and move its political position toward the centre. After World War II, under the leadership of Kurt Schumacher, the SPD re-established itself as a socialist party, representing the interests of the working class and the trade unions. With the Godesberg Program of 1959, however, the party evolved from a socialist working - class party to a modern social - democratic party working within capitalism. Sigmar Gabriel, Vice-Chancellor of Germany ( 2013 - 2018 ), former chairman of SPD. The current party platform of the SPD espouses the goal of social democracy, which is seen as a vision of a societal arrangement in which freedom and social justice are paramount. According to the party platform, freedom, justice, and social solidarity, form the basis of social democracy. The coordinated social market economy should be strengthened, and its output should be distributed fairly. The party sees that economic system as necessary in order to ensure the affluence of the entire population. The SPD also tries to protect the society 's poor with a welfare state. Concurrently, it advocates a sustainable fiscal policy that does n't place a burden on future generations while eradicating budget deficits. In social policy, the SPD stands for civil and political rights in an open society. In foreign policy, the SPD aims at ensuring global peace by balancing global interests with democratic means. Thus, European integration is one of the main priorities of the SPD. SPD supports economic regulations to limit potential losses for banks and people. They support a common European economic and financial policy, and to prevent speculative bubbles. They support environmentally sustainable growth. Internal factions The SPD is mostly composed of members belonging to either of the two main wings : Keynesian social democrats and Third Way moderate social democrats belonging to the Seeheimer Kreis. While the more moderate Seeheimer Kreis generally support the Agenda 2010 programs introduced by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, the Keynesian social democrats continue to defend classical left - wing policies and the welfare state. The classical left - wing of the SPD claims that in recent years the welfare state has been curtailed through reform programs such as the Agenda 2010, Hartz IV and the more economic liberal stance of the SPD, which were endorsed by centrist social democrats. As a reaction to the Agenda 2010, there was in 2005 the ascension of an inner party dissident movement, which led ultimately to the foundation of the new party Labour and Social Justice -- The Electoral Alternative ( Arbeit & soziale Gerechtigkeit -- Die Wahlalternative, WASG ). The WASG was later merged into the party Die Linke ( `` The Left '' ) in 2007. Base of support Social structure Before World War II, as the main non-revolutionary left - wing party, the Social Democrats fared best among non-Catholic workers as well as intellectuals favouring social progressive causes and increased economic equality. Led by Kurt Schumacher after World War II, the SPD initially opposed both the social market economy and Konrad Adenauer 's drive towards western integration fiercely, but after Schumacher 's death, it accepted the social market economy and Germany 's position in the Western alliance in order to appeal to a broader range of voters. It still remains associated with the economic causes of unionised employees and working class voters. In the 1990s, the left and moderate wings of the party drifted apart, culminating in a secession of a significant number of party members, which later joined the socialist party WASG, which later merged into The Left ( Die Linke ) party. Geographic distribution Geographically, much of the SPD 's current - day support comes from large cities, especially of northern and western Germany and Berlin. The metropolitan area of the Ruhr Area, where coal mining and steel production were once the biggest sources of revenues, have provided a significant base for the SPD in the 20th century. In the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen the SPD has governed without interruption since 1949. In southern Germany, the SPD typically garners less support except in the largest cities. At the 2009 federal election, the party lost its only constituency in the entire state of Bavaria ( in Munich ). Small town and rural support comes especially from the traditionally Protestant areas of northern Germany and Brandenburg ( with notable exceptions such as Western Pomerania where CDU leader Angela Merkel was re-elected in 2005 ) and a number of university towns. A striking example of the general pattern is the traditionally Catholic Emsland, where the Social Democrats generally gain a low percentage of votes, whereas the Reformed Protestant region of East Frisia directly to the north, with its strong traditional streak of Anti-Catholicism, is one of their strongest constituencies. Further south, the SPD also enjoys solid support in northern Hesse ( Hans Eichel was mayor of Kassel, then Hesse 's minister president, then finance minister in the Schröder administration, while Brigitte Zypries served as Justice Minister ), parts of Palatinate ( Kurt Beck was party leader until 7 September 2008 ), and the Saarland ( political home of one - time candidate for federal chancellor Oskar Lafontaine, defected from the SPD in 2005 ). Election results General German elections The SPD, at times called SAPD, participated in general elections determining the members of parliament. For the elections until 1933 the parliament was called Reichstag, except of the one of 1919, called National Assembly, and after 1949 it was called Bundestag. Note that changes in borders ( 1871, 1919, 1920, 1949, 1957 and 1990 ) varied the number of eligible voters, whereas electoral laws also changed the ballot system ( only constituencies ( till 1912 ), only party lists ( till 1949 ), mixed system ( thereafter ) ), the suffrage ( women vote since 1919 ), the number of seats ( fixed or flexible ) and the length of the legislative period ( three or four years ). Lacking are entries for general elections before 1875, when labour parties unified to only form the SPD ( then SAPD, current name since 1890 ), and under Nazi rule or communist rule, when candidates who identified with the SPD were banned at all from running for votes and seats. Election year # of constituency votes # of party list votes % of overall votes ( till 1912 ) / party list votes ( as of 1919 ) # of overall seats won + / -- Government 1877 493,447 9.1 ( # 4 ) 13 / 397 in opposition 1878 437,158 7.6 ( # 5 ) 9 / 397 in opposition 1881 311,961 6.1 ( # 7 ) 13 / 397 in opposition 1884 549,990 9.7 ( # 5 ) 24 / 397 11 in opposition 1887 763,102 10.1 ( # 5 ) 11 / 397 13 in opposition 1890 1,427,323 19.7 ( # 1 ) 35 / 397 24 in opposition 1893 1,786,738 23.3 ( # 1 ) 44 / 397 9 in opposition 1898 2,107,076 27.2 ( # 1 ) 56 / 397 12 in opposition 1903 3,010,771 31.7 ( # 1 ) 81 / 397 25 in opposition 1907 3,259,029 28.9 ( # 1 ) 43 / 397 38 in opposition 1912 4,250,399 34.8 ( # 1 ) 110 / 397 67 in opposition in coalition in coalition 1919 11,509,048 37.9 ( # 1 ) 165 / 423 55 in coalition 1920 6,179,991 21.9 ( # 1 ) 102 / 459 63 in opposition in coalition in opposition in coalition in opposition 1924, May 6,008,905 20.5 ( # 1 ) 100 / 472 in opposition 1924, December 7,881,041 26.0 ( # 1 ) 131 / 493 31 in opposition 1928 9,152,979 29.8 ( # 1 ) 153 / 491 22 in coalition 1930 8,575,244 24.5 ( # 1 ) 143 / 577 10 in opposition 1932, July 7,959,712 21.6 ( # 2 ) 133 / 608 10 in opposition 1932, November 7,247,901 20.4 ( # 2 ) 121 / 584 12 in opposition 1933, March 7,181,629 18.3 ( # 2 ) 120 / 667 in opposition 1949 6,934,975 29.2 ( # 2 ) 131 / 402 11 in opposition 1953 8,131,257 7,944,943 28.8 ( # 2 ) 162 / 509 22 in opposition 1957 11,975,400 11,875,339 31.8 ( # 2 ) 181 / 519 19 in opposition 1961 11,672,057 11,427,355 36.2 ( # 2 ) 203 / 521 22 in opposition 1965 12,998,474 12,813,186 39.3 ( # 2 ) 217 / 518 14 in coalition 1969 14,402,374 14,065,716 42.7 ( # 2 ) 237 / 518 20 in coalition 1972 18,228,239 17,175,169 45.8 ( # 1 ) 242 / 518 5 in coalition 1976 16,471,321 16,099,019 42.6 ( # 2 ) 224 / 518 18 in coalition 1980 16,808,861 16,260,677 42.9 ( # 2 ) 228 / 519 in coalition 15,686,033 14,865,807 38.2 ( # 2 ) 202 / 520 26 in opposition 14,787,953 14,025,763 37.0 ( # 2 ) 193 / 519 9 in opposition 16,279,980 15,545,366 33.5 ( # 2 ) 239 / 662 46 in opposition 1994 17,966,813 17,140,354 36.4 ( # 2 ) 252 / 672 13 in opposition 1998 21,535,893 20,181,269 40.9 ( # 1 ) 298 / 669 43 in coalition 2002 20,059,967 18,484,560 38.5 ( # 1 ) 251 / 603 47 in coalition 2005 18,129,100 16,194,665 34.2 ( # 2 ) 222 / 614 29 in coalition 2009 12,077,437 9,988,843 23.0 ( # 2 ) 146 / 622 76 in opposition 2013 12,835,933 11,247,283 25.7 ( # 2 ) 193 / 630 42 in coalition 2017 11,426,613 9,538,367 20.5 ( # 2 ) 153 / 709 40 in coalition European Parliament Election year # of overall votes % of overall vote # of overall seats won + / -- 1979 11,370,045 40.8 ( # 1 ) 33 / 81 1984 9,296,417 37.4 ( # 2 ) 32 / 81 10,525,728 37.3 ( # 1 ) 30 / 81 1994 11,389,697 32.2 ( # 1 ) 40 / 99 10 1999 8,307,085 30.7 ( # 2 ) 33 / 99 7 5,547,971 21.5 ( # 2 ) 23 / 99 10 2009 5,472,566 20.8 ( # 2 ) 23 / 99 0 2014 7,999,955 27.2 ( # 2 ) 27 / 96 Leadership of the social Democratic party The Party is led by the Leader of the Social Democratic Party, he / she is supported by 6 Deputy Leaders and the Party Executive. The current acting Party Leader is Olaf Scholz. The current Deputy Leaders are Manuela Schwesig, Ralf Stegner, Olaf Scholz, Thorsten Schäfer - Gümbel, Natascha Kohnen and Malu Dreyer As Germany is a Federal Republic, each of Germany 's States have their own SPD Party at the state level. The current Leaders of the SPD state parties are : State Leader Seats Government Baden - Württemberg Leni Breymaier 19 / 143 in opposition Bavaria Natascha Kohnen 42 / 180 in opposition Berlin Michael Müller 38 / 160 in coalition Brandenburg Dietmar Woidke 30 / 88 in coalition Bremen Sascha Karolin Aulepp 30 / 83 in coalition Hamburg Olaf Scholz 58 / 121 in coalition Hesse Thorsten Schäfer - Gümbel 37 / 110 in opposition Lower Saxony Stephan Weil 55 / 137 in coalition Mecklenburg - Vorpommern Manuela Schwesig 26 / 71 in coalition North Rhine - Westphalia Michael Groschek 69 / 199 in opposition Rhineland - Palatinate Roger Lewentz 39 / 101 in coalition Saarland Heiko Maas 17 / 51 in coalition Saxony Martin Dulig 18 / 126 in coalition Saxony - Anhalt Burkhard Lischka 11 / 87 in coalition Schleswig - Holstein Ralf Stegner 21 / 73 in opposition Thuringia Andreas Bausewein 13 / 91 in coalition See also Socialism portal Germany portal Politics of Germany Party finance in Germany List of political parties in Germany Bundestag ( Federal Assembly of Germany ) Weimar Republic Mierscheid Law Elections in the Free State of Prussia References Jump up ^ `` Mitgliederzahl ''. 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Common Destiny : A Comparative History of the Dutch, French, and German Social Democratic Parties, 1945 -- 1969 ( 2000 ) online Carl E. Schorske, German Social Democracy, 1905 -- 1917 : The Development of the Great Schism ( Harvard University Press, 1955 ). Vernon L. Lidtke, The Outlawed Party : Social Democracy in Germany, 1878 -- 1890 ( Princeton University Press, 1966 ). Berlau, Abraham. German Social Democratic Party, 1914 -- 1921 ( Columbia University Press, 1949 ). Maxwell, John Allen. `` Social Democracy in a Divided Germany : Kurt Schumacher and the German Question, 1945 - 1952. '' Ph. D dissertation, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1969. McAdams, A. James. `` Germany Divided : From the Wall to Reunification. '' Princeton University Press, 1992 and 1993. Erich Matthias, The Downfall of the Old Social Democratic Party in 1933 pages 51 -- 105 from Republic to Reich The Making of the Nazi Revolution Ten Essays edited by Hajo Holborn, ( New York : Pantheon Books, 1972 ). Eric D. Weitz, Creating German Communism, 1890 - 1990 : From Popular Protests to Socialist State. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 1997 David Priestand, Red Flag : A History of Communism, '' New York : Grove Press, 2009 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Social Democratic Party of Germany. 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Question: when was social democratic party established in germany
Answer: 23 May 1863