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(German Liberal Politician and Protestant Parish Pastor) Friedrich Naumann was a German liberal politician and Protestant parish pastor who founded the National-Social Association in 1896. The association aimed to combine liberalism, nationalism, and non-Marxist socialism with Protestant Christian values. Naumann led the party until its merger in 1903. He also served as a member of the Reichstag of the German Empire and advocated for an imperialist foreign policy, including the Mitteleuropa plan in 1915. After World War I, he co-founded the German Democratic Party and was elected to the Weimar National Assembly.