National Front of the German Democratic Republic

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mass political organization political alliance umbrella organization

The National Front of the German Democratic Republic was the GDR’s umbrella political alliance that coordinated and presented a unified list of parties and mass organizations in tightly controlled, non-competitive elections.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mass political organization → political alliance → umbrella organization →
abbreviation	NF →
constitutionRole	regulated candidate nomination for elections →
controlledBy	Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
country	German Democratic Republic →
countryGovernment	government of the German Democratic Republic →
dissolvedFollowing	Peaceful Revolution → collapse of the GDR →
dominantParty	Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
electionCharacteristic	pre-determined results → single list of candidates →
electionType	non-competitive elections →
endTime	1990 →
foundedBy	Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
function	controlled candidate selection → mobilized mass support for the regime → presented a unified list of candidates in elections →
headquartersLocation	East Berlin →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism →
legalStatus	constitutionally recognized organization →
legislativeBodyInfluenced	Volkskammer →
mainOrgan	National Council of the National Front →
memberOrganization	Association of Mutual Farmers' Aid → Christian Democratic Union (East Germany) → Cultural Association of the GDR → Democratic Farmers' Party of Germany → Democratic Women's League of Germany → Free German Trade Union Federation → Free German Youth → Liberal Democratic Party of Germany → National Democratic Party of Germany (East Germany) → Socialist Unity Party of Germany →
memberOrganizationType	bloc parties → mass organizations →
nativeName	Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik →
politicalPosition	far-left →
politicalSystemContext	one-party dominant system → socialist state →
precededBy	Democratic Bloc (East Germany) →
propagandaRole	presented image of multi-party democracy → promoted unity of socialist forces →
region	Eastern Bloc →
shortName	National Front →
startTime	1950 →
systemRole	coordinated electoral lists → instrument of one-party rule → umbrella for parties and mass organizations →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
SED → Socialist Unity Party of Germany →	controlled
Democratic Women’s League of Germany ("Democratic bloc in the GDR") → FDGB ("National Front of the GDR") →	memberOf
Society for German–Soviet Friendship →	affiliatedWith
National Front of the German Democratic Republic ("Nationale Front der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik") →	nativeName
Free German Youth →	parentOrganization
Democratic Women’s League of Germany →	partOf
National Front of the German Democratic Republic ("Democratic Bloc (East Germany)") →	precededBy
Reichstag of Nazi Germany ("Volkskammer of East Germany") →	successor