Party of Humanists

Short description: German political party

Not to be confused with Humanist Party.

"PdH" redirects here. For other uses, see PDH.

Party of Humanists

Partei der Humanisten

Abbreviation| PdH
Chairperson| Felicitas Klings[1]
General Secretary| Sascha Klughardt[1]
Founded| 4 October 2014; 11 years ago (2014-10-04)
Headquarters| Beilsteiner Str. 21, 12681 Berlin
Membership (September 2024)|  2,350+[2]
Ideology| Secular humanism
Secular liberalism
Social liberalism[3]
Civil libertarianism
Progressivism
Political position| Centre-left[3]
Colours|

* Blue-magenta
* White
* Light blue
* Magenta

Bundestag|

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State Parliaments|

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European Parliament|

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Website
pdh.eu

The Party of Humanists (German: Partei der Humanisten) is a minor political party in Germany that first participated in the 2017 federal election.[4] It is considered left-of-centre and supports socially liberal and secular policies, such as a federal European state, openness towards technologies such as stem cell research and strict separation between state and religion.[5] The party contested the 2017 and 2021 federal elections, the 2019 European elections and numerous state elections from 2018 onwards. It also contested the 2024 European Parliament election in Germany.[6]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Party platform
* 2.1 Programme
* 2.1.1 Health and science
* 2.1.2 EU and military
* 2.1.3 Economy
* 2.1.4 Climate
* 2.1.5 Social topics
* 2.1.6 Freedom of speech and the Internet
* 2.1.7 Religion
* 3 Leadership
* 3.1 Federal executive board
* 4 Federal state parties
* 5 Election results
* 5.1 Federal parliament (Bundestag)
* 5.2 European Parliament
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## History

In spring 2012, the Facebook group "Initiative Humanismus" created the "Manifesto of the Initiative Humanismus", which was to serve as the basis for a humanist party. The Party of Humanists was founded on the basis of this document on 4 October 2014 in Berlin.[7][8] The provisional executive committee consisted of eight spokespersons for various subject areas.[9]

At the first ordinary federal party conference in March 2015, David Helmus was elected as the party's first chairman.[10] Beka Kobaidze served as secretary general, while Ioana Hauke took over as treasurer. According to the chairman, the party had around 75 members in September of the same year.[11]

The Berlin regional association was founded on 2 April 2016.[12] A few months later, the regional associations of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg were founded.[13][14] Shortly afterwards, in February of the following year, the Bavarian state association was also founded.[15]

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 "social-liberal proclamation" and better cooperation among the participating organizations.[16][17][18][19][20]

In the 2017 German federal election, the Humanist Party took part in an election for the first time, although it was initially only electable in North Rhine-Westphalia. For this purpose, various teams were set up within the party, which now has around 600 members, for internal party organisation.[21] In the election, the party received 5.991 second votes.[22] After the federal election, the party received an influx of new members. As a result, state associations were founded in Hamburg and Lower Saxony in the same year, as well as state associations in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein in 2018.[23][24]

In January 2019, Steven Pinker was accepted onto the advisory board of the Humanist Party. One month later, in February 2019, Michael Shermer, founder of the American Skeptics Society, also became a member of the advisory board.[25][26]

The Humanist Party was registered for the European elections on 15 March 2019, in which it took part with its lead candidate Robin Thiedmann. It achieved 0.2% of 62,604 votes, but missed out on a place in the European Parliament.[27] In 2021, the last four state associations, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Thuringia and Saarland were founded.[28][29] Shortly after the founding of the Brandenburg state association, the party celebrated its new size of 1800 members.[30] In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the first digital federal party conference was held on 29 January and 20 February 2022.

In April 2023, 19-year-old Lasse Schäfer was elected as the new national chairman. This makes him the youngest party chairman in Germany.[31]

## Party platform

The underlying ideology is evolutionary humanism.[32] The core themes of the Humanist Party are science and education, the right of self-determination of the individual, and secularization.[33] For example, the party supports the liberal and self-responsible use of drugs,[34] supports legal voluntary euthanasia[35][36] and is against circumcision of children.[37] The party also supports the implementation of universal basic income.[33] The party is considered left of the political centre.[3]

Currently, the Party of Humanists is the only party in Germany that specifically targets non-religious people, freethinkers, and atheists as voters.[38]

### Programme

#### Health and science

* Compulsory health insurance should only cover evidence based medicine, not pseudomedicine such as homeopathy
* Legalization of active euthanasia under specific circumstances
* Legalization of all drugs, but only for adults and with more prevention measures such as education, drug-checking, regulated production and sale[39]
* Openness towards new technology and impartial assessment of the harms benefits, e. g. with respect to genome editing[40] and stem cell research
* Reduction of antibiotic use in livestock farming in order to avoid emerging resistances
* Funding for in-vitro-meat research

#### EU and military

* Founding of a united European Federal Republic. Today's national states shall be converted into strong sovereign regions.[41]
* Rejection of a compulsory military service year for young adults
* Establishing a united European military

#### Economy

* Simplification of the tax system by eliminating exemptions as well as cutback on unnecessary subsidies
* Deregulation of shop opening hours on Sundays
* Trialing and implementation of universal basic income

#### Climate

* Stopping the nuclear energy phase-out in Germany and utilization of new reactor types to combat climate change

#### Social topics

* Legalization of surrogate motherhood
* Legalization of sex work, modeling after New Zealand
* Legalization of abortion regardless of gestation age, modeling after Canadian abortion laws

#### Freedom of speech and the Internet

* Repeal of upload-filters and protection of net-neutrality

#### Religion

"No caliphate" campaign poster of PdH in the June 2024 EU Parliament election

* Complete separation of church and state
* Introduction of unified ethics education instead of compulsory religious education in schools[42]
* Removing references to god from the constitution and other laws
* Prohibition of medically not-indicated religious circumcision in children unable to consent

## Leadership

Felicitas Klings has led the party since July 2024.

Since 15 July 2024, the party's leadership has consisted of:[1]

* Felicitas Klings (Party Leader)
* Sascha Klughardt (General Secretary)
* Narek Avetisyan (Treasurer)

### Federal executive board

The party's federal executive board is made up of:[1]

* Ole Teschke
* Dominic Vice
* Josephine Keller
* Andreas Stirner
* Daniel Keye
* Dr. Jochen Sieck
* Manuel Cran
* Ricardo Reitz

## Federal state parties

| Federal state party | Date of Founding | Chairman | Last state election participation | Last country-wide election participation

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| Baden-Württemberg  | 3 December 2016  | Steven Schmitt  | 2021 Baden-Württemberg state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Bavaria  | 11 February 2017  | Frederic Forkel  | 2018 Bavarian state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Berlin[43] | 2 April 2017  | Barend Wolf  | 2021 Berlin state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Brandenburg  | 13 March 2021  | Tim Ewert  | \-  | 2021 German federal election
| Bremen[44] | 9 June 2018  | Julia Kreitz  | 2019 Bremen state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Hamburg[45] | 1 October 2017  | Michael Brandt  | 2020 Hamburg state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Hesse[46] | 25 September 2016  | Dennis Wörner  | 2018 Hessian state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern  | 24 May 2021  | Tom Kühnel  | 2021 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Lower Saxony[47] | 25 November 2017  | Rainer Rößler  | \-  | 2021 German federal election
| North Rhine-Westphalia  | 22 October 2016  | Leonard Niesik  | \-  | 2021 German federal election
| Rhineland-Palatinate  | 15 April 2018  | Tristan Marsell  | \-  | 2021 German federal election
| Saarland[48] | 20 November 2021  | Fabian Grünewald  | \-  | 2019 European Parliament election
| Saxony  | 7 January 2018  | Jonas Lehn  | 2019 Saxony state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Saxony-Anhalt  | 31 March 2018  | Konstantin Zisiadis  | 2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Schleswig-Holstein  | 20 October 2018  | Marvin Weidemeier  | 2022 Schleswig-Holstein state election  | 2021 German federal election
| Thuringia  | 29 May 2021  | Anthony Ramstedt  | \-  | 2021 German federal election

## Election results

### Federal parliament (Bundestag)

Election  | Leader  | Constituency  | Party list  | Seats  | +/–  | Government

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Votes  | %  | Votes  | %
2017  | Felix Bölter  | N/A  | 5,991  | 0.01 (#28)  |

0 / 709

| New  | Extra-parliamentary
2021  | Alexander Mucha  | 12,672  | 0.03 (#19)  | 47,526  | 0.10 (#19)  |

0 / 735

|  0  | Extra-parliamentary
2025  | Felicitas Klings  | 1,873  | 0.00 (#23)  | 14,446  | 0.03 (#20)  |

0 / 630

|  0  | Extra-parliamentary

### European Parliament

Election  | List leader  | Votes  | %  | Seats  | +/–  | EP Group

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2019  | Robin Thiedmann  | 62,604  | 0.17 (#26)  |

0 / 96

| New  | –
2024  | Sascha Boelcke  | 82,275  | 0.21 (#23)  |

0 / 96

|  0

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Bundesvorstand". Party of Humanists. https://www.pdh.eu/gremien/bundesvorstand/.
2. ↑ "Tu es, es wird dich bereichern!". Party of Humanists. https://www.pdh.eu/mitglied-werden/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Partei der Humanisten" (in de). 2024. https://web.de/magazine/politik/thema/partei-der-humanisten. ""Die Partei der Humanisten ist im politischen Links- und Sozialliberalen Spektrum anzusiedeln.""
4. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten". https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/drehscheibe/partei-humanisten-100.html.
5. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten" (in de). 2024. https://web.de/magazine/politik/thema/partei-der-humanisten.
6. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten" (in de). Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. https://www.bpb.de/politik/wahlen/wer-steht-zur-wahl/bundestagswahl-2017/254484/die-humanisten.
7. ↑ ""Partei der Humanisten" gegründet". 7 October 2014. https://hpd.de/artikel/10227.
8. ↑ "Pressemitteilung zur Gründung – Partei der Humanisten". 8 October 2014. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/2014/10/08/pressemitteilung-zur-gruendung/.
9. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten gegründet" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. 7 October 2014. https://hpd.de/artikel/10227.
10. ↑ "Gremien der Partei der Humanisten gewählt" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. 17 March 2015. https://hpd.de/artikel/11430.
11. ↑ "In allen anderen Parteien wären wir noch die Jugendorganisation" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. September 2015. https://hpd.de/artikel/12114.
12. ↑ "Landesverband der Partei der Humanisten gegründet" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. 4 April 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/landesverband-partei-humanisten-gegruendet-12925.
13. ↑ "Landesverband in Hessen gegründet" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. 28 September 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/landesverband-hessen-gegruendet-13560.
14. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten gründet Landesverband in Nordrhein-Westfalen" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. 23 November 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/partei-humanisten-gruendet-landesverband-nordrhein-westfalen-13801.
15. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten Bayern wählter neuen Landesvorstand" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. 24 April 2018. https://hpd.de/artikel/partei-humanisten-bayern-waehlt-neuen-landesvorstand-15512.
16. ↑ ""Sozialliberale Offensive" in Berlin vorgestellt". 22 March 2017. https://hpd.de/artikel/sozialliberale-offensive-berlin-vorgestellt-14225.
17. ↑ "Die Humanisten starten bundesweite sozialliberale Offensive – Partei der Humanisten". 21 March 2017. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/2017/03/21/humanisten-starten-sozialliberalie-offensive/.
18. ↑ "die Sozialliberalen". http://www.die-sozialliberalen.de/.
19. ↑ "Gemeinsame Erklärung: Sechs Parteien und Organisationen starten bundesweite sozialliberale Offensive › Piratenpartei Deutschland". 21 March 2017. https://www.piratenpartei.de/2017/03/21/live-pressekonferenz-buendelung-der-sozialliberalen-kraefte/.
20. ↑ "Live Pressekonferenz » Neue Liberale". https://www.neueliberale.org/2017/03/21/live-pressekonferenz/.
21. ↑ "Zwischenbilanz humanistischer Politik" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. 23 November 2017. https://hpd.de/artikel/zwischenbilanz-humanistischer-politik-15019.
22. ↑ "Bundestagswahl 2017, Ergebnisse, Nordrhein-Westfalen" (in de). Die Bundeswahlleiterin. https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/bundestagswahlen/2017/ergebnisse/bund-99/land-5.html.
23. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten gründet Landesverband in Rheinland-Pfalz" (in de). Humanistischer Pressedienst. 17 April 2018. https://hpd.de/artikel/partei-humanisten-gruendet-landesverband-rheinland-pfalz-15488.
24. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten gründet Landesverband Schleswig-Holstein" (in de). SHZ. 21 October 2018. https://www.shz.de/deutschland-welt/politik/artikel/partei-der-humanisten-gruendet-landesverband-schleswig-holstein-41711703.
25. ↑ "Facebook post" (in de). Partei der Humanisten. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1388137467988190&id=499613946840551.
26. ↑ "Beirat" (in de). https://www.diehumanisten.de/partei/beirat/.
27. ↑ "Europawahl 2019: Vorläufiges amtliches Ergebnis" (in de). Die Bundeswahlleiterin. https://www.bundeswahlleiterin.de/info/presse/mitteilungen/europawahl-2019/35_19_vorlaeufiges-ergebnis.html.
28. ↑ "Thüringen startklar machen!" (in de). Partei der Humanisten. 3 June 2021. https://www.pdh.eu/2021/06/03/thueringen-startklar-machen/.
29. ↑ "Hier kommt das Saarland (endlich)" (in de). Partei der Humanisten. 24 November 2021. https://www.pdh.eu/2021/11/24/hier-kommt-das-saarland-endlich/.
30. ↑ "Wir feiern 1800 Mitglieder" (in de). Partei der Humanisten. 9 April 2021. https://www.pdh.eu/2021/04/09/wir-feiern-1800-mitglieder/.
31. ↑ "19-jähriger Kölner ist jüngster Parteivorsitzender Deutschlands". Partei der Humanisten. 21 April 2023. https://www.pdh.eu/2023/04/21/19-jaehriger-koelner-ist-juengster-parteivorsitzender-deutschlands/.
32. ↑ "Mission Statement". https://www.diehumanisten.de/mission/.
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Bildung, Bundeszentrale für politische. "Partei der Humanisten - bpb". https://www.bpb.de/politik/wahlen/wer-steht-zur-wahl/bundestagswahl-2017/254484/die-humanisten.
34. ↑ "Humanistischer Pressedienst - Legalize and Humanize it!" (in de). 13 July 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/legalize-and-humanize-it-13307.
35. ↑ Siegler, bitzinger GmbH - Tobias. "DGHS - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben - Partei der Humanisten". https://www.dghs.de/presse/aktionen/dghs-wahlpruefsteine-2017/partei-der-humanisten.html.
36. ↑ "Sterbehilfe – Das Recht auf das eigene Leben". 5 November 2015. https://hpd.de/artikel/12377.
37. ↑ "Weltweiter Tag der genitalen Selbstbestimmung". 6 May 2015. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/2015/05/06/weltweiter-tag-genitaler-selbstbestimmung/.
38. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten - "Politiker stellen sich gerne neben Religionsführer"". 8 March 2017. http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/partei-der-humanisten-politiker-stellen-sich-gerne-neben.886.de.html?dram:article_id=380293.
39. ↑ "Psychoaktive Substanzen (Themenabschnitt)" (in de-DE). 2020-04-13. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2020/04/13/positionspapier-psychoaktive-substanzen/.
40. ↑ "Gentechnik (Themenabschnitt)" (in de-DE). 2020-04-11. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2020/04/11/papier-gentechnik/.
41. ↑ "Bundesrepublik Europa (Positionspapier)" (in de-DE). 2020-04-13. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2020/04/13/visionspapier-europa/.
42. ↑ "Ethikunterricht (Themenabschnitt)" (in de-DE). 2022-06-03. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2022/06/03/themenabschnitt-ethikunterricht/.
43. ↑ "Landesverband der Partei der Humanisten gegründet". 4 April 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/landesverband-partei-humanisten-gegruendet-12925.
44. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten". 11 August 2023. https://diehumanisten.de/landesverbaende/.
45. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten gründet Hamburger Landesverband". 1 October 2017. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/2017/10/01/partei-der-humanisten-gruendet-hamburger-landesverband/.
46. ↑ "Landesverband in Hessen gegründet". 28 September 2016. https://hpd.de/artikel/landesverband-hessen-gegruendet-13560.
47. ↑ "Partei der Humanisten". 11 August 2023. https://parteiderhumanisten.de/wp2/landesverband-niedersachsen/.
48. ↑ "Hier kommt das Saarland (endlich)" (in de-DE). 2021-11-24. https://www.diehumanisten.de/2021/11/24/hier-kommt-das-saarland-endlich/.

## External links

* Offizielle Website der Partei der Humanisten (Official website of the Party German)
* Leitbild der Partei der Humanisten (Mission Statement of the Party German, English, Esperanto)
* Grundsatzprogramm der Partei der Humanisten (Principle program of the Party German)

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