LDPR (political party)

The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia ( LDPR ) (Russian Либерально - Демократическая Партия России ( ЛДПР ) / Liberalno - Demokratischeskaja Partija Rossii ) is a nationalist- populist party in Russia.

Substantive Profile

The LDPR is called though liberal- democratic and even referred to as " center party ", but is regarded by almost all observers of Russian politics as a nationalist- populist.

In practical politics the party occurs predominantly with nationalist slogans and demands and hardly with liberal thoughts. So the officially propagated idea of equality contradicts numerous demands of the party according to intentional preference of Russians towards national minorities in the Russian Federation. Also, anti-Semitic, and left - and right-wing extremist statements by representatives of the party of the day (Source: Research Centre for East European University Bremen).

Furthermore, the party will sometimes also attributed to Pan-Slav, neo-imperialist, anti-communist and statist aspirations.

Not in this picture fits that Alexei Mitrofanov of the LDPR uttered the first State Duma deputy for the freedom for gays and lesbians on 15 May 2007.

Internal structure

The supreme body of the party is the one convened in four years Congress. Between the party days the apex body is the so-called " Supreme Council ", who is elected by the Congress.

History of the Party

The LDPR was founded in 1991 by communists under the direction of the KGB as LDPSU and renamed LDPR 1992. Founder and chairman of the party is Vladimir Zhirinovsky. His leadership style is considered extremely populist, his political slogans can very easily switch from extreme right to extreme left content. Thanks to its provocative attitude and statements he enjoys small but constant popularity.

In the parliamentary election in 2003 the party won 11.6 percent of the vote and has won 36 of 450 seats the third-strongest faction. In the 2004 presidential election, the party nominated former bodyguard Zhirinovsky, Oleg Malyshkin as candidates. In the 2007 General Election it maintained its position as the third largest party, even if they lost votes.

Prominent members

  • Vladimir Zhirinovsky ( figurehead, former presidential candidate, deputy Duma Chairman)
  • Oleg Malyshkin (former presidential candidate )
  • Igor Lebedev ( leader of the LDPR in the Duma )
  • Alexei Ostrovsky ( closest advisor of Zhirinovsky )
  • Dima Bilan ( pop singer )
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