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The Social Democratic Party of Prussia (German: Sozialdemokratische Partei Preußens, SPD) is one of the two major political parties of Prussia. As of the 2011 general election, they are the current party in opposition, along with coalition members New Left and The Greens.

The SPD were the dominant party in East Prussia for 35 years, winning six consecutive general elections and ruling the country from 1956 to 1991. Following their stunning defeat in 1991 at the hands of the Christian Democrats, the party moved toward the center, shedding hard-left factions which eventually formed the New Left and Greens. The party was in the majority after victories in 1996 and 2001, but fell back into opposition following victories by Walter Willis and the Christian Democrats in 2006, 2011 and 2016, the first time the Christian Democrats had won consecutive general elections.

The party is currently led by former Vice Chancellor Dietrich Jürgens, who assumed a leadership role in 2008 as the new opposition leader.

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