Social Democratic Party of East Germany (1990: Two Germanies)

The Social Democratic Party of East Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Ost-Deutschlands, SPD) is an East German social democratic political party founded in 1989. The party started of as the eastern counterpart to its West German sister party, under the name the Social Democratic Party in the GDR.

The party became the second biggest party in the 1990 general election. Like the CDU, it was for the reunification of East and West Germany, but not as committed to that than the CDU.

While being one of the main political parties through the 1990s, along with the CDU, it began to lose support into the 21st century. Ecpesially after the 2008 financial crisis, the party suffered loss in popularity, but unlike the CDU, the SPD managed to regain some popularity and are now the biggest party in the Volkskammer.

The party's ideology is social democracy, and the party advocates for progressive laws and taxation, workers rights and a strong East German welfare state. But some would argue the party have nothing spesific to advocate for.

Christoph Matschie have been the party's leader since 2010, and are currently the Prime Minister of East Germany.