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Partei für Gesundheitsforschung Partei für Gesundheitsforschung | |
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 Partei für Gesundheitsforschung | |
| Leader | Felix Werth |
| Vice-Leader | Georg Jungermann, Nicolai Kilian, Angelika Frankenberger, Karl-Friedrich Harter |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Membership |  215 [1] |
| Colours | Black White |
| Bundestag | 0 / 630
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| State Parliaments | 0 / 1,855
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The Party for Health Research[2] (German: Partei für Gesundheitsforschung) is a political party in Germany that seeks to accelerate the development of effective drugs to counter age-related diseases.
Background
The Party for Health Research is a single-issue political party in Germany founded in 2015 with the goal of accelerating the development of effective drugs to counter age-related diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, macular degeneration, arthrosis, osteoporosis, and Parkinson disease.[3] To this end, the party promotes both established and novel approaches in biomedical research.
The party seeks to increase the number and size of pertinent research facilities, and to expand education and training of professionals in those fields.[4]
Participation in elections
The Party for Health Research participated in the 2016 Berlin state election[5], achieving a total of 0.5% of second votes, or 7854 votes. In the election districts of Lichtenberg and Marzahn-Hellersdorf, the party received 0.9% of second votes.[6]
In 2017, the party will for the first time be participating in the German federal election.[7]
State associations
As of February 2017, the party has state associations in the German states of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Saxony.[8] The chairpersons of the state associations are:
| Chairperson | |
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| Baden-Württemberg | Karen Conrad |
| Bavaria | Boris Schmalz |
| Berlin | Georg Jungermann |
| Brandenburg | Susanne Ilse Hahn |
| Hesse | Dennis Michael Rudolph |
| Lower Saxony | Artur Hildebrandt |
| North Rhine-Westphalia | Saif Al Basri |
| Saxony | Silvio Dietz |
See also
References
- ^ https://parteifuergesundheitsforschung.de/haeufig-gestellte-fragen
- ^ Satzung - Partei für Gesundheitsforschung / Bundeswahlleiter.de Archived 2016-07-27 at the Wayback Machine PDF 201kb - abgerufen am 27. Juli 2016
- ^ "Unser Thema - Partei für Gesundheitsforschung" (in German), Partei für Gesundheitsforschung, https://parteifuergesundheitsforschung.de/unser-thema. Retrieved 2017-01-20
- ^ "Satzung - Partei für Gesundheitsforschung" (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=and|month=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Diese 21 Parteien sind zur Abgeordnetenhauswahl zugelassen". www.rbb-online.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-07-27.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|day=and|month=(help) - ^ "Official statistics of Berlin elections". wahlen-berlin.de. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "48 Parties are going to participate in the Bundestag election 2017". wahlen-berlin.de. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ^ "Landesverbände | Partei für Gesundheitsforschung" (in German), Partei für Gesundheitsforschung, https://parteifuergesundheitsforschung.de/landesverbaende. Retrieved 2017-02-26