Party of Humanists


The Party of Humanists is a minor political party in Germany that first participated in the 2017 federal election.

History

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. 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.

Party platform

The core themes of the Humanist Party are science and education, the right of self-determination of the individual, and secularization. For example, the party supports the liberal and self-responsible use of drugs, supports legal voluntary euthanasia and is against circumcision of children. Currently, the Party of Humanists is the only party in Germany that specifically targets non-religious people, freethinkers, and atheists as voters.

Leadership

The current federal executive committee of the Party of Humanists consists of ten members:
Federal state partyDate of FoundingChairmanElection participation
Baden-Württemberg3 December 2016Mark Simon2019 European Parliament election
Bavaria11 February 2017Mirco Kramer2018 Bavarian state election
Berlin,2 April 2017Georg Hille2019 European Parliament election
Brandenburgnot founded yet-2019 European Parliament election
Bremen9 June 2018Julia Kreitz2019 Bremen state election
Hamburg,1 October 2017Michael Brandt2020 Hamburg state election
Hesse,25 September 2016Barend Wolf2018 Hessian state election
Mecklenburg-Vorpommernnot founded yet-2019 European Parliament election
Lower Saxony25 November 2017Peter Nienaber2019 European Parliament election
North Rhine-Westphalia22 October 2016Leonard Niesik2017 German federal election
Rhineland-Palatinate15 April 2018Lisa Berg2019 European Parliament election
Saarlandnot founded yet-2019 European Parliament election
Saxony7 January 2018Dominic Eberle2019 Saxony state election
Saxony-Anhalt31 March 2018Steffen Schmidt2019 European Parliament election
Schleswig-Holstein20 October 2018Alexander Eddelbüttel2019 European Parliament election
Thuringianot founded yet-2019 European Parliament election