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East Germany Democratic Peasants' Party of Germany
Formed by the SED on April 12, 1948, in a calculated attempt
to increase its influence among farmers, the DBD adopted a
platform that advocated land reform and the strengthening of
bonds between farmers and workers. The DBD became a primary
instrument in the drive to collectivize agriculture, an important
SED goal. Like the other alliance parties, the DBD became an
auxiliary of the SED and has not diverged from the official SED
party line since its founding. In May 1982 Ernst Mecklenburg took
over the chairmanship of the DBD from Ernst Goldbaum, who had
become a member of the KPD in 1919 but left the SED in 1948 to
form the DBD. Mecklenburg, who has been a deputy chairman of the
Council of State since July 1982, is also a deputy in the
People's Chamber.
Data as of July 1987
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