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The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) was founded in 1925 as a political legacy of Germany´s first democratically elected president, Friedrich Ebert.

Ebert, a Social Democrat from a humble crafts background who had risen to hold the highest political offi ce in his country, in response to his own painful experience in political confrontation had proposed the establishment of a foundation to serve the following aims:

  • contributing to international understanding and cooperation.


As a private cultural non-profi t institution, it is committed to the ideas and basic values of social democracy.