Baltic Democratic Party

The Baltic Democratic Party (BDP) is a liberal political party in Livonia. It was formed as the German-Baltic Democratic Party on 8 December 1918. After a period of inactivity during the ban on political parties by the military government, it participated in the first elections on the German electoral list. Following a merger with the Estonian Democratic Party, it received its current name, and transformed into a pan-Baltic party. It is the third largest party in the Senate, and is the only party that participates on both the German and Balt electoral list.
The party is jointly led by Paul Schiemann, a liberal Baltic-German journalist, and Jaan Teemant, a conservative Estonian lawyer. Schiemann leads the German section of the party, while Teemant leads the Balt section of the party. Its Balt support base primarily comes from ethnic Estonians and Jews, but also from some Latvians and Russians.
Category:Livonian political parties
Category:Liberal political parties