The German Forum Party (German: Deutsche Forumpartei) was an opposition political party in East Germany. It was formed from the New Forum (Neues Forum) citizens' movement. It was founded in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz) on 27 January 1990. Its first chairman was Jürgen Schmieder. It described itself as being at the political centre.
It was invited to join the Christian Democrat dominated Alliance for Germany coalition for the 1990 Volkskammer election but instead it joined the Association of Free Democrats in 12 February 1990.
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