German-Baltic Party
{{short description|Estonian political party}}
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{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = {{party color|German-Baltic Party}}
| name = German-Baltic Party
| native_name = Saksa-Balti Erakond
| logo =
| founder = Christoph von Mickwitz
| foundation = 1918
| dissolved = 1935
| split =
| successor =
| ideology = German minority interests
| position =
| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|German-Baltic Party}}|border=darkgray}} Red
| country = Estonia
}}
{{Politics of Estonia}}
The German-Baltic Party ({{langx|et|Saksa-Balti erakond}}; {{langx|de|Deutsch-baltische Partei in Estland}}, DbPE) was a political party in Estonia representing the German minority.
History
The party was established on 27 November 1918 under the name German Party in Estonia ({{langx|de| Deutsche Partei in Estland}}, {{langx|et|Saksa Erakond Eestimaal}}) in preparation for the Constituent Assembly elections the following April. Following the Estonian War of Independence, the party was renamed the German-Baltic Party.
The party won three seats in the elections in April 1919.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p581 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} In the parliamentary elections in 1920 it won four seats, but was reduced to three seats in the 1923 elections and two seats in the 1926 elections.Nohlen & Stöver, p586 For the 1929 elections the party formed the German-Swedish Bloc,Nohlen & Stöver, p579 winning three seats. This was continued for the 1932 elections, with the bloc again winning three seats.
List of MPs
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!Parliament !Members !Notes | ||
| rowspan=3|1919–20 | Max Bock | Chairman |
| Hermann Koch | ||
| Johannes Meyer | Replaced by Georg von Stackelberg on 27 January 1920 | |
| rowspan=4|1920–1923 | Max Bock | Chairman |
| Hermann Koch | ||
| Walter von Pezold | ||
| Georg von Stackelberg | ||
| rowspan=3|1923–1926 | Werner Hasselblatt | Chairman |
| Carl von Schilling | ||
| Martin Christian Luther | Replaced by Gerhard Kreß on 1 October 1923, replaced by Axel de Vries on 9 April 1924 | |
| rowspan=2|1926–1929 | Werner Hasselblatt | Chairman |
| Carl von Schilling | ||
| rowspan=3|1929–1932 | Carl von Schilling | Chairman |
| Werner Hasselblatt | ||
| Hans Pöhl | Swedish, replaced by Mathias Westerblom on 22 January 1930 | |
| rowspan=3|1932–1934 | Carl von Schilling | Chairman |
| Hermann Koch | ||
| Mathias Westerblom | Swedish |
References
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Category:Baltic-German history
Category:Defunct political parties in Estonia