The German-Baltic Party ( Estonian Saksa-Balti erakond , German: Deutsch-baltische Partei in Estland ) is an Estonian political party that existed from 1918 to 1935. The party represented the interests of the German national minority .
| German Baltic Party | |
|---|---|
| Saksa-balti erakond | |
| Leader | Max Bock, Werner Hasselblatt, Carl von Schilling |
| Established | 1918 |
| Dissolution date | 1935 |
| Ideology | Minority Interests |
History
The party was founded on November 27, 1918 under the name of the German Party of Estonia ( German: Deutsche Partei in Estland , Est. Saksa Erakond Eestimaal ) to participate in the elections to the Estonian Constituent Assembly . After the war of liberation, it was renamed the German-Baltic Party.
The party won three seats in the constituent assembly in April 1919 [1] . In the parliamentary elections of 1920, she already took four seats, but this number dropped to three after the 1923 election and to two after the 1926 election [1] . To participate in the elections in 1929 , together with the Swedish People’s League of the Baltic Region , the party formed the “German-Swedish Bloc” [1] , which took three seats in parliament and retained them after the 1932 elections [1] .
In 1935, as a result of the coup of Konstantin Päts , the German-Baltic Party was banned.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P. Elections in Europe: A data handbook. - Nomos Verlagsges, 2010 .-- S. 579-586. - ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 .