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SPD

The Social Democratic Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, [zoˈtsi̯aːldemoˌkʁaːtɪʃə paʁˌtaɪ ˈdɔʏtʃlants]; SPD, German pronunciation: [ɛspeːˈdeː] (listen)) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the three major parties of contemporary Germany along with the Union parties (CDU/CSU) and the greens (Bündnis 90 die Grünen). Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together with Lars Klingbeil, who joined her in December 2021. After Olaf Scholz was elected Chancellor in 2021 the SPD became the leading party of the federal government, which the SPD formed with the Greens and FDP, after the 2021 federal election. The SPD is a member of 11 of the 16 German state gover… more »