Party of Humanists Partei der Humanisten | |
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Abbreviation | PdH |
Chairperson | Lasse Schäfer |
General Secretary | Dominic Ressel |
Founded | 4 October 2014 |
Headquarters | Beilsteiner Str. 21, 12681 Berlin |
Membership (2022) | 2,300 |
Ideology | Secular humanism Secular liberalism Social liberalism Civil libertarianism Progressivism |
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Bundestag | 0 / 630 |
State Parliaments | 0 / 1,821 |
European Parliament | 0 / 96 |
Website | |
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The Party of Humanists (German : Partei der Humanisten) is a minor political party in Germany that first participated in the 2017 federal election. [1]
The underlying ideology is evolutionary humanism. [2] The core themes of the Humanist Party are science and education, the right of self-determination of the individual, and secularization. [3] For example, the party supports the liberal and self-responsible use of drugs, [4] supports legal voluntary euthanasia [5] [6] and is against circumcision of children. [7] The party also supports the implementation of universal basic income. [3]
Currently, the Party of Humanists is the only party in Germany that specifically targets non-religious people, freethinkers, and atheists as voters. [8]
The party emerged from a Facebook group called "Initiative Humanismus" with over 700 members. One year after the decision to establish a party, the Party of Humanists was founded on 4 October 2014 in Berlin. [13] [14] On 21 March 2017, the Party held a joint press conference along with the Pirate Party Germany, the Liberal Democrats, the New Liberals, the Transhuman Party Germany, and the youth organization of The Left to announce a "socialliberale proclamation" and better cooperation among the participating organizations. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
The current federal executive committee of the Party of Humanists consists of eleven members: [20]
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