Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
Years: 1875 - 2215
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands), or SPD, is a social-democratic political party in Germany.
Led by Andrea Nahles since 2018, the party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Germany along with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
The Social Democrats have governed at the federal level in Germany as part of a grand coalition with the CDU and the Christian Social Union (CSU) since December 2013 following the results of the 2013 and 2017 federal elections.
The party participates in 14 state governments and 7 of them are governed by SPD Minister-Presidents.
The SPD is a member of the Party of European Socialists and initiated the founding of the Progressive Alliance international for social-democratic parties on May 22, 2013, after criticizing the Socialist International for its acceptance of authoritarian parties.
Established in 1863, the SPD is by far the oldest extant political party represented in the German Parliament and is one of the first Marxist-influenced parties in the world.