FDP federal party conference 1997

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title	48th Ordinary Federal Party Congress
Serial number	48
place	Wiesbaden
state	Hesse
Hall	Rhein-Main-Hallen

Beginning	May 23, 1997
Duration (in days)	3

Rhein-Main-Hallen Wiesbaden, 2004

Wiesbaden principles

The Federal Congress of the FDP in 1997 held the FDP from 23 to 25 May 1997 in Wiesbaden from. It was the 48th ordinary federal party conference of the FDP in the Federal Republic of Germany . The party conference took place in the Rhein-Main-Hallen .

course

Tax policy was discussed at the party congress . In addition, the chairman Wolfgang Gerhardt presented a report on the participation of women in the FDP.

decisions

The " Wiesbaden principles " were discussed and decided. Further resolutions were passed on party reform, on "securing the future through research and technology development" and on "investment and innovation boost for the new federal states". The papers "Europe 2000", "Ten points for a sustainable city", "For a liberal education offensive", "The euro - for a strong common currency for more growth and jobs", "Reform policy for more jobs", "Less taxes, less state, more jobs", a "State of the Union report", as well as applications on the situation in Burma , on the rehabilitation of the East German lignite mining industry and on the initiation of a membership decision on the future of the Bundeswehr structure .

Wolfgang Gerhardt was confirmed as federal chairman. The deputy parliamentary group leader of the Hessian FDP, Heiner Kappel, was clearly defeated in the election as an opposing candidate with 64 to 557 votes.

Federal Executive

After the new election in 1997, the federal executive board included:

Chairman	Wolfgang Gerhardt
vice-chairman	Rainer Brüderle , Cornelia Pieper , Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen
Treasurer	Hermann Otto Solms
Assessor in the Presidium	Walter Döring , Walter Hirche , Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger
Secretary General	Guido Westerwelle
Assessor in the federal board	Gisela Babel , Hans-Artur Bauckhage , Jürgen Bohn , Peter Braun , Arnd Brummer , Ignatz Bubis , Peter Caesar , Jorgo Chatzimarkakis , Ulrike Flach , Paul Friedhoff , Walter Goldbeck , Hans-Michael Goldmann , Ulrich Heinrich , Burkhard Hirsch , Birgit Homburger , Werner Hoyer , Michael Kauch , Wolfgang Kubicki , Ina Lenke , Klaus von Lindeiner , Uwe Lühr , Martin Matz , Rainer Ortleb , Detlev Paepke , Andreas Pinkwart , Manfred Richter , Maja Schmidt , Max Stadler , Walter Teusch , Carl-Ludwig Thiele , Detlef Thomaneck , Jürgen Türk , Ruth Wagner , Frank-Michael Wiegand
Honorary Chairwoman	Hans-Dietrich Genscher , Otto Graf Lambsdorff , Walter Scheel

swell

More opportunities for women in the FDP. - Liberal Initiative - Report by Federal Chairman Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt on the status of the implementation of the initiative presented to the 48th ord. Federal party congress of the FDP from May 23 to 25, 1997 , undated 1997.
Federal party conference of the FDP. In: The Parliament . Vol. 47 (1997), No. 24, p. 15.

literature

Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz : The liberal program work. Conditions of liberal program work using the example of the "Wiesbaden principles". In: Walter Scheel / Otto Graf Lambsdorff (ed.): Freedom in Responsibility - German Liberalism since 1945. History, People, Perspectives , Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen 1998, ISBN 978-3-88350-047-8 , pp. 254-265 .
Jürgen Dittberner : The FDP. History, people, organization, perspectives. An introduction , VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2nd edition, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-531-17494-5 .

Web links

Commons : FDP-Bundesparteitag 1997 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Federal Party Congress - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Close your eyes and through . In: Der Spiegel , May 26, 1997.

Individual evidence

↑ More opportunities for women in the FDP. - Liberal Initiative - Report by Federal Chairman Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt on the status of the implementation of the initiative presented to the 48th ord. Federal party congress of the FDP from May 23 to 25, 1997 , undated 1997.
↑ Wiesbaden principles as pdf.
^ Based on documents from the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Gummersbach .

[1] More opportunities for women in the FDP. - Liberal Initiative - Report by Federal Chairman Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt on the status of the implementation of the initiative presented to the 48th ord. Federal party congress of the FDP from May 23 to 25, 1997 , undated 1997.

[2] Wiesbaden principles as pdf.

[3] Based on documents from the archive of liberalism of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in Gummersbach .