Politics of Antigua and Barbuda The AntiguaFreedomParty was a political party in Antigua and Barbuda led by George Rick James. The party contested the Antigua and Barbuda general election, 1999 1999 general elections with a single candidate, George James, running in the St. Johns Rural East constituency. James got only 57 votes and failed to win the seat. ref name DN Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , p70 ISBN 9780199283576 ref After the elections AFP claimed that the Antigua Labour Party government had committed electoral fraud , as they had let non nationals to vote. References reflist Category Political parties in Antigua and Barbuda Antiguaparty stub ... more details
FreedomParty is the name of several political party political parties , often of Right wing politics right wing Ideologies of parties political ideology . Active parties flagcountry Afghanistan FreedomParty of Afghanistan flagcountry Austria FreedomParty of Austria flagcountry Canada FreedomParty of Canada flagcountry Denmark FreedomParty Denmark FreedomParty flagcountry Ecuador FreedomParty Ecuador FreedomParty flagcountry Egypt FreedomParty Egypt FreedomParty flagcountry Egypt Freedom Egypt Party flagcountry Finland FreedomParty Finland FreedomParty flagcountry Germany Freedom German political partyFreedom Civil Rights Party for More Freedom and Democracy flagcountry Italy The People of Freedom sometimes translated as FreedomParty flagcountry Kyrgyzstan Erkindik PartyFreedomParty flagcountry Lesotho Marematlou FreedomParty flagcountry Netherlands Party for Freedom flagcountry New Zealand FreedomParty New Zealand FreedomParty flagcountry Saint Lucia Saint Lucia FreedomParty flagcountry San Marino Sammarinese for Freedom flagcountry South Africa Inkatha FreedomParty flagcountry Sri Lanka Sri Lanka FreedomParty flagcountry Switzerland FreedomParty of Switzerland flagcountry United Kingdom British FreedomParty flagcountry United States FreedomParty of New York Former parties flagcountry Bangladesh Bangladesh FreedomParty flagcountry Italy FreedomParty of South Tyrol flagcountry Moldova FreedomParty, Bessarabia flagcountry Netherlands FreedomParty Netherlands FreedomParty PvdV flagcountry Slovakia FreedomParty Slovakia FreedomParty flagcountry United Kingdom FreedomParty UK FreedomParty Fictional FreedomParty Harry Turtledove , in the American Empire and Settling Accounts series of novels, a fictional analog of the Nazis in the Confederate States of America . See also List of political parties Freedom and Justice Party disambiguation disambig Category Political party disambiguation pages da Frihedspartiet flertydig de Freiheitspartei it Partito ... more details
About the Party of Freedom previously known as Wilders Group the historic partyFreedomParty Netherlands Use dmy dates date June 2011 Infobox political party country Netherlands party name Party for Freedom ... for Freedom and Democracy seats1 title Senate of the Netherlands Senate seats1 Infobox political party ... url http books.google.de books?id 7zNEqNB4b70C&pg PA11&dq party for freedom bornschier&hl de&ei Iy5JTtmTNY2N ... 0CEoQ6AEwBjgU v onepage&q Party for Freedom 20right wing&f false title After the Nazi racial state difference ... headquarters website http www.pvv.nl www.pvv.nl The Party for Freedom lang nl Partij voor de Vrijheid ... society, the Party for Freedom breaks from the established centre right parties in the Netherlands like the People s Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD . In addition, the party is consistently ... AbqjYWOBw&ct result&id tCGIAAAAMAAJ&dq party for freedom wilders eurosceptic&q embraces euroscepticism ... general election, 2006 2006 elections , Spruyt said he was not surprised that the Party for Freedom had gained seats but maintained that, if the Party for Freedom had sought cooperation with Eerdmans ... People s Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD Dutch general election, 2006 Possible coalitions majority ... currentaffairs 071204 freedomparty mc publisher Radio Netherlands Worldwide date 4 December 2007 .... ref Cite news url http www.radionetherlands.nl news zijlijn 6235703 Geert Wilders FreedomParty rises to 32 seats title Geert Wilders FreedomParty rises to 32 seats date 29 March 2009 accessdate ... url http www.angus reid.com polls view 35028 dutch party for freedom recovers top rank title Dutch Party for Freedom Recovers Top Rank publisher Angus reid.com accessdate 18 June 2010 ref ref cite ... date 23 April 2012 publisher CNN quote The Party for Freedom did not get control of any government ministries ... World News Network work wn.com ref Platform The Party for Freedom combines economic liberalism with a conservative ... Standpunten language Dutch work Voor Nederland in Europa publisher Party for Freedom date 1 April ... more details
Politics of Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua People s Party was a minor political party in Antigua and Barbuda . It began as a faction within the Progressive Labour Movement , an opposition party founded in 1968. This faction, called the Antigua Progressive Movement, believed that the state s political parties should be separate from the trade unions. ref name govpol cite web url http www.countrystudies.us caribbean islands 98.htm title Antigua and Barbuda Government and Politics last1 Meditz first1 Sandra W. last2 Hanratty first2 Dennis M. year 1987 work Caribbean Islands A Country Study publisher Federal Research Division, Library of Congress location Washington, D.C. accessdate 23 January 2010 ref In 1969, the faction left the PLM to campaign independently. It attracted few votes at the Antigua and Barbuda general election, 1971 1971 general election , and it soon folded into the Antigua Labour Party . References reflist Antigua and Barbuda political parties Category Political parties in Antigua and Barbuda Antiguaparty stub ... more details
The Antigua Democratic Labour Party was a political party in Antigua and Barbuda . The only general elections it contested were those of Antigua and Barbuda general election, 1960 1960 . ref name DN Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , p67 ISBN 9780199283576 ref The party received only 66 votes 2.6 and failed to win a seat. ref Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , pp68 70 ISBN 9780199283576 ref References reflist Antigua and Barbuda political parties Category Political parties in Antigua and Barbuda ... more details
The Antigua National Party was a political party in Antigua and Barbuda . The only general elections it contested were those of Antigua and Barbuda general election, 1956 1956 . ref name DN Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , p67 ISBN 9780199283576 ref Despite receiving 12.5 of the vote, they failed to win a seat. ref Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , pp68 70 ISBN 9780199283576 ref References reflist Antigua and Barbuda political parties Category Political parties in Antigua and Barbuda ... more details
Politics of Antigua and Barbuda The Antigua Labour Party ALP is the former ruling political party in Antigua and Barbuda . It has long been led by Lester Bird , who was chairman of the party since 1971, and became Prime Minister and political leader in 1994. The party was founded by Lester s father, V.C. Bird . The ALP has traditionally largely been seen as the political arm of the Bird Family. 2004 Defeat With the exception of five years in the 1970s, the ALP ruled Antigua and Barbuda for over four decades. Two major events precipitated the ALP s first defeat in 28 years in 2004. The first was the introduction of the Electoral Commission after the 1999 election. According to international observers, the 1999 was rife with irregularities. Most notably, the report from the Commonwealth observer group concluded that the voting rolls appeared to be inflated and recommended the establishment of an independent electoral commission to improve the voter registration process. ref http www.state.gov g drl rls hrrpt 1999 370.htm US State Department Human Rights Report , February 23, 2000 ref The second was the Medical Benefits Scandal. Under the watch of the ALP Government, the government of Antigua ..., the Antigua Labour Party faced an internal leadership crisis. The aging Lester Bird announced that if the ALP ... in Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda political parties Antiguaparty stub ar es Partido Laborista de Antigua fr Parti travailliste d Antigua nl Antigua Labour Party ja ... Progressive Party campaigned on an anti corruption platform they called Government in the Sunshine ... of free and fair elections in Antigua & Barbuda led to their defeat. The ALP lost its majority in the Antigua and Barbuda legislative election, 2004 2004 general election held on 24 ... if ALP fails at polls , Antigua Sun, December 30, 2008 ref There had been speculation that even if the ALP ... law url http www.antiguaobserver.com ?p 68829 accessdate December 31, 2011 newspaper Antigua ... more details
Politics of Antigua and Barbuda The United Progressive Party is a political party in Antigua and Barbuda. It is led by Baldwin Spencer , the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda , and has the majority of seats in the Antiguan House of Representatives. Foundation The United Progressive Party was formed in 1992 through a merger of three parties, namely the Antigua Caribbean Liberation Movement , the Progressive Labour Movement and the United National Democratic Party . ref name DN Nohlen, D 2005 Elections in the Americas A data handbook, Volume I , p63 ISBN 9780199283576 ref Each party was in opposition to the Antigua Labour Party government. Baldwin Spencer was chosen to lead the new party. Electoral performance At the Antigua and Barbuda general election, 1994 1994 general election , the party won 43.7 per cent of the vote and five seats in the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda House of Representatives . It became the largest opposition party. The UPP lost one seat to the Antigua Labour Party at the Antigua and Barbuda general election, 1999 1999 general election , despite increasing its vote to 44.5 per cent, after which it claimed fraud. On 24 March 2004, at the Antigua ... from outside the Antigua Labour Party in its history as an independent state. The Antigua Labour Party won 4 seats and 41.8 per cent of the vote, while the remaining seat was won by Trevor Walker ... Party ref Though the UPP won the Antigua and Barbuda general election, 2009 2009 general election with 51.1 ... a trio of government legislation the Prevention of Corruption Act, the Freedom of Information Act ... Official website Antigua and Barbuda political parties DEFAULTSORT United Progressive PartyAntigua And Barbuda Category Political parties in Antigua and Barbuda ar de United Progressive PartyAntigua und Barbuda es Partido Progresista Unido Antigua y Barbuda fr Parti progressiste unifi nl United Progressive Party pt Partido Progressista Unido Ant gua e Barbuda ... more details
movenotice Freedom and Justice Party disambiguation discuss Talk Freedom and Justice Party Egypt Page name The Freedom and Justice Party may refer to Freedom and Justice Party Bolivia Freedom and Justice Party Egypt See also Justice and FreedomParty Fiji Freedom and Social Justice Palestinian Authority FreedomParty disambiguation Justice Party disambiguation disambiguation Category Political party disambiguation pages ... more details
Freedom Democratic Party may refer to Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party , a civil rights group created in 1964 in Mississippi, U.S. Erk Liberty Democratic Party , a political party in Uzbekistan disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2011 Nofootnotes date September 2007 Infobox Canadian political partyparty name FreedomParty of Canada logo aaaaa File FreedompartyofCanada.png status inactive class fed leader ... position international http www.freedomparty.org FreedomParty International colours Black ... senate website URL http www.freedomparty.ca The FreedomParty of Canada abbreviated to FpC was founded on July 20, 2001 by Paul McKeever then a member of the executive of the FreedomParty of Ontario and Robert Metz President and co founder of FreedomParty of Ontario . It has not registered itself with Elections Canada for election finance purposes and has never run candidates. The FreedomParty of Canada is the federal counterpart of the FreedomParty of Ontario , which was founded in 1984. The party advocates individual Freedom political liberty and personal responsibility. It describes its ... capitalist party and favours minimal government involvement in economic matters. The FreedomParty of Canada is associated with FreedomParty International , an organization formed to continue the educational role of The FreedomParty of Ontario FpO when FpO, in 2002, began the process of structuring ... 2008 to be the year in which it would first be ready to run candidates. FreedomParty submitted ... and funding legislation. FreedomParty decided against registration under the new system, which ... 2008 federal election . The party is not related to the FreedomParty of British Columbia . See also List of political parties in Canada List of libertarian political parties FreedomParty of Canada gallery Image Fplp splash.png FreedomParty of Canada logo Image FreedomParty of canada.jpg logo gallery External links http www.freedomparty.ca FreedomParty of Canada official site http www.freedomparty.ca election2008 rightdirection.pdf The Right Direction FreedomParty s 2008 Election Platform DEFAULTSORT FreedomParty Of Canada Category Federal political parties in Canada Category Libertarianism ... more details
COI date April 2009 Unreferenced date November 2007 The FreedomParty of Manitoba is a provincial political party in Manitoba , Canada . The party was created in the mid 1980s as the Libertarian Party of Manitoba , and formally changed its name to the Manitoba Marijuana Party in early 2005 and in 2007 became the FreedomParty of Manitoba. It is not affiliated with FreedomParty International , FreedomParty of Ontario , or FreedomParty of Canada . The LPM ran four candidates in the provincial election of 1986 , one fewer than was required for official party certification. It achieved ballot status ... interest in changing the Party name and becoming Party Leader. All the proper forms for Elections Manitoba were gathered, signed, sealed and delivered and on February 27, 2007 it became the FreedomParty. It supports the full legalization of drugs, and has also called for the restriction of state powers on other issues. The party did not nominate candidates for the Manitoba general election, 2007 2007 provincial election . James Cotton was the party leader while past leader Chris Buors served as party president. In May 2007, the FreedomParty of Manitoba failed to field the five candidates needed ... political parties MPC DEFAULTSORT FreedomParty Of Manitoba Category Provincial political parties ... , the LPM claims to present ideas to the public which are ignored by mainstream organizations. The party ... party leader at some point in the early 1990s, and stepped down two days after the 2003 election was called. Chris Buors was chosen without opposition as Rice s replacement, and led the party into the election .... Buors, who led the party in the Manitoba general election, 2003 2003 election , is a marijuana rights activist and has also run as a candidate for the Marijuana Party of Canada . Buors is primarily known as an activist in Canada s cannabis movement. In 2005 , he legally changed the party s name to the Manitoba Marijuana Party, on the advice and with the support of prominent cannabis activist ... more details
The FreedomParty Partido Libertad was a progressive and humanist party in Ecuador , mostly based in small and medium enterprise politics. It was founded around 2001 and dissolved in 2003. At the legislative elections in Ecuador elections , 20 October 2002, the party won 1 out of 100 seats. Its candidate C sar Augusto Alarc n Costta C sar Alarc n won 1.2 of the vote in the presidential elections of the same day. After the dissolution of the party in 2003, its only parliamentary representative, Hugo Ibarra, became independent. In 2007, the party was reregistered to participate in the elections of the 2007 Constitutional assembly . External links http www.cesaralarcon.com Homepage of C sar Alarc n Costta and FreedomParty es Ecuadorian political parties Ecuador party stub Category Political parties in Ecuador es Partido Libertad Ecuador ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2011 The Freedom and Accord Party or Party of Freedom and Accord lang tr H rriyet ve til f F rkas was a liberal Ottoman Empire Ottoman political party active between 1911 and 1913, during the Second Constitutional Era Ottoman Empire Second Constitutional Period . The Freedom and Accord Party was the main challenger to the Committee of Union and Progress during the 1912 elections. Notable members included R za Tevfik B l kba , Ali Kemal Bey , Damat Ferid Pasha and L tfi Fikri Bey. The party was suppressed after the Bab i Ali coup of January 1913. It was only re established in the aftermath of the Great War. In the post 1918 Ottoman Empire, the H rriyet ve tilaf Party became known for its attempts to suppress the Committee of Union and Progress. DEFAULTSORT Hurriyet Ve Itilaf Firkasi Category Political parties in the Ottoman Empire Category Non governmental organizations involved in the Turkish War of Independence ca Partit de la llibertat i de l Entesa de Freiheits und Einigkeitspartei tr H rriyet ve tilaf F rkas ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Politics of Bolivia The Freedom and Justice Party lang es Partido Libertad y Justicia is a Progressivism progressive political party in Bolivia . At the legislative elections in Bolivia elections in 2002, the party won 2.7 of the popular vote and no seats in National Congress of Bolivia Congress . Its candidate at the presidential elections, Alberto Costa Obreg n , won 2.7 of the popular vote. DEFAULTSORT Freedom And Justice Party Category Political parties in Bolivia Bolivia stub SouthAm party stub no Partido Libertad y Justicia ... more details
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Politics of Liberia The Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia FAPL is a political party in Liberia . It fielded candidates in the 11 October 2005 Liberia elections, 2005 elections . FAPL candidate Margaret Tor Thompson won 0.9 of the vote in the presidential poll. The party failed to win any seats in the Senate of Liberia Senate or House of Representatives of Liberia House of Representatives . DEFAULTSORT Freedom Alliance Party Of Liberia Category Political parties in Liberia Liberia party stub ja ... more details
about Abdul Malik s Hezb e Azadi Ghulam Farooq Najrabi s Hezb e Istiqlal FreedomParty of Afghanistan Istiqlal The FreedomParty of Afghanistan Dari Hizb e Azadi ye Afghanistan , alternately Afghanistan Liberation Party is an Afghan political party headed by Abdul Malik Pahlawan . As of 2006, it was reported that the party still maintained an armed militant wing, which was contributing to instability in the northern province of Faryab Province Faryab . ref Amin Tarzi. http www.rferl.org content article 1070709.html Afghanistan Government Turns Its Sights On Northern Warlords . Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. August 21, 2006 ref References reflist afghanistan stub Category Political parties in Afghanistan ... more details
Onesource date May 2011 The Individual FreedomParty lang es Partido de la Libertad Individual is a Spain Spanish political party . It was founded in 2009, and celebrated its first congress on September 25, 2010 in Madrid , Spain . External links http www.p lib.es www.p lib.es in Spanish Categories Category Political parties in Spain Libertarian Party Category Libertarian parties Spain party stub es Partido de la Libertad Individual gl Partido de la Libertad Individual ... more details
Politics of Slovakia The FreedomParty Strana slobody was a political party in Slovakia . It was founded by some members of the Democratic Party Slovakia Democratic Party in March 1946 as a party mainly for Catholics. Its aim was to present an alternative of Christian, progressive and pro Czechoslovak politics to the Democratic Party http books.google.com books?id 3q59nMrzTAUC&pg PA346&dq Slovensk C3 A1 strana slobody&lr &as brr 3&as pt ALLTYPES&ei zFZSSYiwGJfUzAT0zM3lCg . The FreedomParty was led by Vavro rob r and won 3 seats in the Czechoslovak parliament in the Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1946 1946 election . When the Communists took power in Czechoslovakia in February 1948, the party joined the National Front Czechoslovakia National Front . Its newspaper was called Sloboda Freedom . After the Velvet Revolution , in 1990, the party adopted a new, Christian programme, but remained without any importance in Slovak politics. See also National Front Czechoslovakia Slovakia party stub Category Political parties in Slovakia Category Political parties in Czechoslovakia cs Strana slobody de Strana slobody nl Slowaakse Vrijheidspartij pl Partia Wolno ci S owacja sk Strana slobody ... more details
Image FreedomPartyNZ.png right thumb The FreedomParty logo. The FreedomParty was a political party in New Zealand . It was founded by Gareth Turner and Paul King New Zealand Paul King , formerly members of the ACT New Zealand party. The party was announced on 13 March 2005, the same day that Turner failed to unseat Catherine Judd as president of ACT. Turner and King claimed that the leaders of ACT were ignoring ordinary members, and were too closely influenced by big business. Turner claimed that the party would have enough support to register for the New Zealand general election, 2005 2005 elections , but this did not occur. The party did not nominate any candidates. External links http www.tvnz.co.nz view news minisite story skin 479152 Act party distracted by breakaway TVNZ Historic New Zealand political parties Category Political parties in New Zealand Category Political parties established in 2005 ... more details
morefootnotes date January 2011 Infobox American Political Partyparty name Peace and FreedomPartyparty articletitle Peace and FreedomPartyparty logo Image PFPLogo.png Peace and FreedomParty Logo ... footnotes The Peace and FreedomParty PFP is a minor political party in California. Its first candidates appeared on the ballot in 1966, but the national party was officially founded in 1967 ... President, retrieved on June 13th, 2009 . ref Platform From its inception, Peace and FreedomParty .... The Peace and FreedomParty grew out of unhappiness with the Democratic Party s support for the war ... for the U.S. House on the Peace & FreedomParty label. Herbert Aptheker received 3,562 votes in New ... formed a competing Freedom and Peace party and ran separately. Two states California and Utah ... York Peace and FreedomParty consisted of a fractious coalition of competing Marxist groups, along ... Peace and FreedomParty candidates received over two percent of the vote, thus ensuring the party ... election. wikinews Nader chosen as the presidential nominee of the Peace and FreedomParty A political ... campaign submitted sufficient signatures to appear on the Iowa ballot as the Peace and FreedomParty ... in subsequent elections. As of October, 2010, the Peace and FreedomParty had more than 57,000 registered ... Peace and FreedomParty from 1967 to 1997 Synthesis Regeneration 12 Winter 1997 http www.freevenice.org Venice PFP History.html History of the Venice Peace and FreedomParty by John Haag. Freevenice.org. ... Party http peaceandfreedom.org home index.php about us platform Platform of the Peace and FreedomParty http www.peaceandfreedom2008.org Peace and FreedomParty Campaign 2008 JoinCalifornia http ... http peaceandfreedom sjv.org Peace and FreedomParty of the San Joaquin Valley http www.freevenice.org .... CaliforniaPoliticalParties USParty DEFAULTSORT Peace And FreedomParty Category Socialist parties in the United ... in the United States es Partido Paz y Libertad fr Parti paix et libert sv Peace and FreedomParty zh ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Politics of Hungary The Civic FreedomParty Hungarian Polg ri Szabads gp rt was the last name of one of the two interbellum liberalism liberal political party parties in Hungary . The party was founded in 1921 by K roly Rassay as the Independence Party of Smallholders, Workers and Citizens F ggetlens gi Kisgazda F ldm ves s Polg ri P rt , FKFPP as an attempt to mobilize voters for liberalism outside the cities. Shortly after its foundation it won 3.6 of the popular vote and 8 seats in parliament. It merged in 1926 with the Polg ri Demokrata P rt Nemzeti Demokrata P rt National Democratic Party into the Polg ri Demokrata P rt Independent National Democratic Party F ggetlen Nemzeti Demokrata P rt . The new party won 4.0 of the vote and 9 seats in the 1926 elections. Rassay reconstituted the separate party in 1928 as the National Liberal Party Nemzeti Szabadelv P rt . It was an attempt to build an alternative to the conservative government. The party only won 5 seats in 1931 and in 1935 it won 7 seats. Just before or after the elections the party was renamed the Civic FreedomParty . It won 5 seats in 1939, but it could not survive the radicalisation of Hungary during the Second World War . In 1944 the party dissolved itself. See also Liberalism Contributions to liberal theory Liberalism worldwide List of liberal parties Liberal democracy Liberalism and radicalism in Hungary Category Defunct liberal political parties Hungary 1921 Category Defunct political parties in Hungary Category Political parties established in 1921 Category Political parties disestablished in 1944 ... more details
Politics of Albania Path of FreedomParty lang sq Partia Rruga e Lirise is a political party in Albania , led by Shukrane Muda. ref http www.gazetatema.net web ?p 13636 Ja partit politike me emra t uditsh m, 114 regjistrime ne Gjykat Tema online ref References Reflist Albania party stub Category Political parties in Albania ... more details
Infobox Political Partyparty name FreedomPartyparty logo image logo name here Party logo colorcode orange leader Ruth Evensen foundation 2007 headquarters Jernbanevej 8 br 4230 Sk lsk r ideology Christian democracy , Euroscepticism international None website http www.frihedspartiet.org The FreedomParty Frihedspartiet , FP is a Christian democracy Christian democratic list of political parties in Denmark Danish political party . The party was founded on 7 July 2007 by Ruth Evensen , former pastor of Faderhuset evangelicalism evangelical sect, Eivind F nss and Agner Dalgaard . ref http politiken.dk indland article338462.ece Ruth Evensen starter nyt parti Politiken.dk Bot generated title ref One of the party s core policies is Pro life opposition to free abortion , and in fact the party announced its creation on the day that the Christian Democrats Denmark Christian Democrats announced that they no longer opposed free abortion. ref http politiken.dk indland article338494.ece Ruth Evensen vil i Folketinget Politiken.dk Bot generated title ref References Reflist Denmark party stub Category Political parties in Denmark Category Danish pro life organizations da Frihedspartiet ... more details
about the historic Partij van de Vrijheid the present Partij voor de Vrijheid Party for Freedom Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox political party name FreedomParty name native Partij van de Vrijheid logo colorcode 000080 leader Steven Bierema spokesperson foundation Start date 1946 03 23 dissolution End date 1948 01 24 merged People s Party for Freedom and Democracy ideology Classical liberalism position Centre right headquarters international country Netherlands The FreedomParty PvdV Lang nl Partij van de Vrijheid was a short lived Politics of the Netherlands Dutch liberalism worldwide liberal political party . The PvdV was a predecessor of the People s Party for Freedom and Democracy People s Party for Freedom and Democracy VVD . Party History The PvdV was founded on March 23, 1946 by a group around the young liberal Korthals and the director of Heineken. After the foundation they were joined by the rest of the top of the pre World War II War Liberal State Party . The party was supposed to be less conservative and more modern that its predecessor. In 1948 it merged with social liberal dissidents from the PvdA, led by Pieter Oud , to become the People s Party for Freedom and Democracy ... 1946 Category People s Party for Freedom and Democracy Category Political parties established .... Ideology & Issues The PvdV was classical liberal party with progressive leanings, committed to individual freedom and free market economics. Representation This table shows the PvdV s results ... of the Netherlands Senate and States Provincial , as well as the party s political leadership the fractievoorzitter , is the chair of the parliamentary party and the lijsttrekker is the party s top candidate in the general election, these posts are normally taken by the party s leader. border 1 cellspacing ... lawyers, doctors etc. . The party performed particularly well in the major trading cities Amsterdam ... had good relations with the party. See also Liberalism Contributions to liberal theory Liberalism ... more details