Social Democratic Party of Germany
"SPD" redirects here. For other uses, see SPD (disambiguation). Social Democratic Party of Germany Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands Abbreviation SPD Leader Andrea Nahles General Secretary Lars Klingbeil Deputy Leaders Ralf Stegner Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel Olaf Scholz Manuela Schwesig Natascha Kohnen Malu Dreyer Founded 23 May 1863 (155 years ago) ( 1863-05-23 ) Merger of ADAV and SDAP Headquarters Willy-Brandt-Haus D-10911 Berlin Newspaper Vorwärts Student wing Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund (1946–61) Sozialdemokratischer Hochschulbund (de) (1961–72) Juso-Hochschulgruppen (since 1973) Youth wing Jusos Women's wing Association of Social Democratic Women Membership (January 2017) 457,700 [1] Ideology Social democracy [2] [3] [4] [5] Pro-Europeanism Political position Centre-left [6] European affiliation Party of European Socialists International affiliation Progressive Alliance European Parliament group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats C...