Social Democratic Party in the GDR

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Social Democratic Party in the GDR Sozialdemokratische Partei in der DDR
Leader	Markus Meckel Ibrahim Böhme Wolfgang Thierse
Founded	7 October 1989
Dissolved	26 September 1990
Merged into	Social Democratic Party of Germany
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red
Politics of East Germany Elections

The Social Democratic Party in the GDR (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei in der DDR) was a reconstituted Social Democratic Party existing during the final phase of East Germany. Slightly less than a year after its creation it merged with its West German counterpart ahead of German reunification.