German Minority Electoral Association Wählerverband der Deutschen Minderheit Volební společenství pro německou menšinu | |
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| Abbreviation | WVD / VSN |
| Chairperson | Bernd Posselt |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Headquarters | Jiřího Wolkera 1886/6 415 01, Teplice Bohemia |
| Ideology | German minority interests Christian democracy Social democracy Social liberalism Regionalism |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colors | Black Red |
| Chamber of Deputies | 5 / 200 |
| Senate | 2 / 100 |
| Land governors | 0 / 4 |
| Land cabinets | 1 / 4 |
| Land assemblies | 30 / 310 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 26 |
The German Minority Electoral Association (German: Wählerverband der Deutschen Minderheit, SWG; Czech: Volební společenství německou menšinu, VSN) is a regionalist political party representing the German national minority in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia in Czechoslovakia.
As a catch-all party representing the German national minority of Czechoslovakia, the SWG declines to identify itself with a scale of left–right politics and favours a strong welfare state and a free-market labour policy. While it is mainly Christian-democratic it is nevertheless quite diverse, including conservatives, liberals and social democrats. The party has also advocated for a complete revocation of the Beneš decrees which established the expulsion of the majority of Germans from Czechoslovakia after the war and a declaration of their unlawfulness.
The SWG is represented in the Federal Assembly, the Land Assemblies of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, along with district and municipal councils. At the European level, the SWG is a member of the European People's Party (EPP).
Leadership[]
Party chairmen[]
| No. | Name | Photo | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erwin Zajiček (1890–1976) |
|
1954 | 1966 |
| 2 | Hans Schütz (1901–1982) |
|
1966 | 1974 |
| 3 | Franz Neubauer (1930–2015) |
|
1974 | 1991 |
| 4 | Johann Böhm (1937–) |
|
1991 | 2002 |
| 5 | Franz Pany (1957–2021) |
|
2002 | 2008 |
| 6 | Bernd Posselt (1956–) |
|
2008 | present |
See also[]
- Politics of Czechoslovakia