Free Democratic Party of Switzerland













































Free Democratic Party/Radical Democratic Party



German: Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei
French: Parti radical-démocratique
Italian: Partito Liberale Radicale
Romansh: Partida liberaldemocrata svizra

Founded 1894 (1894)
Dissolved 1 January 2009; 9 years ago (2009-01-01)
Merged into FDP.The Liberals
Headquarters Neuengasse 20
Postfach 6136
CH-3001 Bern
Ideology
Liberalism (Switzerland)
Classical liberalism[1]
Conservative liberalism[2]
Political position
Centre-right[3][4]
European affiliation European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
International affiliation Liberal International
Colours
     Azure

  • Politics of Switzerland

  • Political parties

  • Elections


The Free Democratic Party or Radical Democratic Party[5][6][7][8][9] (German: Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei, FDP; French: Parti radical-démocratique, PRD; Italian: Partito liberale-radicale svizzero, PLR; Romansh: Partida liberaldemocrata svizra, PLD) was a liberal[10][11]political party in Switzerland. Formerly one of the major parties in Switzerland, on 1 January 2009 it merged with the Liberal Party of Switzerland to form FDP.The Liberals.


The FDP was formed in 1894 from the Radicals, who had dominated Swiss politics since
the 1830s, standing in opposition to the Catholic conservatives, and who from the creation of the federal state in 1848 until 1891 formed the federal government.


The FDP remained dominant until the introduction of proportional representation in 1919. From 1945 to 1987, it alternated with the Social Democratic Party to be the largest party. In 1959, the party took two seats in the magic formula. The party declined in the 1990s and 2000s (decade), as it was put under pressure by the Swiss People's Party. In response, the party formed closer relations with the smaller Liberal Party, leading to their formal merger in 2009.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Popular support


  • 3 List of party Presidents


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Footnotes


  • 6 External links





History


The elements 'liberal', 'radical' and freisinnig (an obsolete German word for 'liberal',[12] or literally "free thinking"[5]) in the party's name originate from the conflicts during the period of Swiss Restoration between the Catholic-conservative cantons and the liberal cantons. This conflict led to the foundation of the Swiss federal state in 1848 after the victory of the predominantly Protestant and liberal cantons over the conservative and Catholic ones in the Sonderbund war.


From 1848 until 1891, the Federal Council was composed entirely of Radicals. The radical movement of the restoration was anti-clerical,[6] and stood in opposition to the Catholic Conservative Party. They were otherwise heterogeneous, including and classical liberal 'Liberals', federalist 'Radicals', and social liberal 'Democrats': placing the radical movement on the 'left' of the political spectrum. It was not until the rise of the Social Democratic Party in the early 20th century that the FDP found itself on the centre-right.


The FDP was the dominant party until the 1919 election, when the introduction of proportional representation led to a leap in the representation of the Social Democrats. In 1959, the Free Democrats joined the other major parties in agreeing the 'magic formula' to divide up the seats of the Federal Council, with the FDP permanently receiving two of the seven seats.


After the 2003 elections, lawmakers of FDP and Liberal Party formed a common parliamentary group in the Federal Assembly. In June 2005, they strengthened their cooperation by founding the Radical and Liberal Union[13] They merged on 1 January 2009 to form FDP.The Liberals.



Popular support


In 2003, it held 36 mandates (out of 200) in the Swiss National Council (first chamber of the Swiss parliament); 14 (out of 46) in the second chamber and 2 out of 7 mandates in the Swiss Federal Council (executive body). By 2005, it held 27.2% of the seats in the Swiss Cantonal governments and 19.7% in the Swiss Cantonal parliaments (index "BADAC", weighted with the population and number of seats). At the last legislative elections, 22 October 2007, the party won 15.6% of the popular vote and 31 out of 200 seats.[14]



List of party Presidents


















































































































































































 Name
 Canton
 Years
1st
Christian Friedrich Göttisheim
Basel-Stadt
 1894–1896
2nd
Ernst Brenner
Basel-Stadt
 1896–1897
3rd
Johannes Stössel
Zurich
 1897–1898
4th
Johann Hirter
Bern
 1898–1903
5th
Paul Scherrer
Basel-Stadt
 1904–1906
6th
Walter Bissegger
Zurich
 1907–1910
7th
Camille Decoppet
Vaud
 1911–1912
8th
Félix Bonjour
Vaud
 1912–1913
9th
Emil Lohner
Bern
 1914–1918
10th
Robert Schöpfer
Solothurn
 1919–1923
11th
Albert Meyer
Zurich
 1923–1929
12th
Hermann Schüpbach
Bern
 1929–1934
13th
Ernest Béguin
Neuchâtel
 1934–1940
14th
Max Wey
Luzern
 1940–1948
15th
Aleardo Pini
Ticino
 1948–1954
16th
Eugen Dietschi
Basel-Stadt
 1954–1960
17th
Nello Celio
Ticino
 1960–1964
18th
Pierre Glasson
Fribourg
 1964–1968
19th
Henri Schmitt
Geneva
 1968–1974
20th
Fritz Honegger
Zurich
 1974–1977
21st
Yann Richter
Neuchâtel
 1978–1984
22nd
Bruno Hunziker
Aargau
 1984–1989
23rd
Franz Steinegger
Uri
 1989–2001
24th
Gerold Bührer
Schaffhausen
 2001–2002
25th
Christiane Langenberger
Vaud
 2002–2004
26th
Rolf Schweiger
Zug
 2004
27th
Marianne Kleiner
Appenzell Innerrhoden
 2004–2005
28th
Fulvio Pelli
Ticino
 2005–2009


See also


  • Liberalism and radicalism in Switzerland


Footnotes





  1. ^ Jan-Erik Lane; Svante O. Ersson (1999). Politics and Society in Western Europe. SAGE Publications. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7619-5862-8. Retrieved 19 July 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ Hans Slomp (2011). Europe, a Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics. ABC-CLIO. p. 489. ISBN 978-0-313-39181-1.


  3. ^ Damir Skenderovic (2009). The Radical Right in Switzerland: Continuity and Change, 1945-2000. Berghahn Books. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-84545-948-2. Retrieved 19 July 2013.


  4. ^ Hanspeter Kriesi; Laurent Bernhard (2011). The Context of the Campaigns. Political Communication in Direct Democratic Campaigns: Enlightening or Manipulating?. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 20.


  5. ^ ab Lublin, David (2014). Minority Rules: Electoral Systems, Decentralization, and Ethnoregional Party Success. Oxford University Press. pp. 232–233.


  6. ^ ab Thompson, Wayne C., ed. (2014). "Switzerland". Western Europe 2014. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-4758-1230-5.


  7. ^ "FDP. The Liberals". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.


  8. ^ Roberts, Geoffrey K.; Hogwood, Patricia, eds. (1997). European Politics Today. Manchester University Press. p. 383.


  9. ^ Lansford, Tom, ed. (2013). "Switzerland". Political Handbook of the World 2013. CQ Press/SAGE. pp. 1400–1401. ISBN 978-1452258249.


  10. ^ Erik Lundsgaarde (2012). The Domestic Politics of Foreign Aid. Routledge. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-0-415-65695-5. Retrieved 19 July 2013.


  11. ^ Hanspeter Kriesi (31 July 2012). "Restructuring the national political space: the supply side of national electoral politics". In Hanspeter Kriesi; Edgar Grande; Martin Dolezal; Marc Helbling; Dominic Höglinger. Political Conflict in Western Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-107-02438-0. Retrieved 19 July 2013.


  12. ^ "PONS Online Dictionary German-English". 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.


  13. ^ "New alliance counters left-right polarisation - swissinfo".


  14. ^ "Nationalrat 2007".




External links




  • fdp.ch in German


  • prd.ch in French


  • plrt.ch in Italian


  • Young Liberals Switzerland official site of the youth branch, called jungfreisinnige schweiz (in German/French)











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