Free Democratic Party
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Free Democratic Party is the name of several political parties around the world. It usually designates a party that is ideologically based around liberalism
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Current parties with that name include:
Historical parties of the name include:
Liberalism
Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...
. For more information on liberal parties, see liberalism worldwide
Liberalism worldwide
This article gives information on liberalism in diverse countries around the world. It is an overview of parties that adhere more or less to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world....
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Current parties with that name include:
- Free Democratic Party (Germany)Free Democratic Party (Germany)The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government...
- Free Democratic Party (Liberia)Free Democratic Party (Liberia)The Free Democratic Party is a political party in Liberia. It participated in the 1997 elections and fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 elections....
- FDP.The LiberalsFDP.The LiberalsFDP.The Liberals is a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It is the joint-largest party in the Federal Council, third-largest party in the National Council, and second-largest in the Council of States....
Historical parties of the name include:
- Free Democratic Party (GDR)
- Free Democratic Party of SwitzerlandFree Democratic Party of SwitzerlandThe Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
See also
- Free Democrats (disambiguation)
- Liberal Democratic Party (disambiguation)
- Liberal PartyLiberal PartyLiberal Party is the name for dozens of political parties around the world. Liberal parties can be center-left, centrist, or center-right depending on their location...