Democratic Party (Romania)
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| Partidul Democrat Democratic Party | |
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| Leader | Emil Boc |
| Founded | 6 February 1990 |
| Headquarters | Aleea Modrogan, 1 Bucharest |
| Political Ideology | Centrist |
| International Affiliation | none |
| European Affiliation | none (applying to affiliate to the EPP) |
| Colours | Orange and blue |
| Website | [www.pd.ro] |
| See also | Politics of Romania Political parties 2004 elections |
The Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD) is a centre-right (formerly social democrat) party of Romania. It is currently the smaller party of the governing Justice and Truth alliance.
PD traces its roots in the National Salvation Front (FSN), one of the first political parties to emerge after the Romanian Revolution of 1989 which ended the Communist regime. Conflicts broke out between FSN leaders Ion Iliescu and Petre Roman in early 1992, and this led to the separation of the Iliescu wing under the name of Democratic National Salvation Front (FDSN), which later became the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
FSN was defeated in the 1992 legislative election (won by FDSN by a landslide) and spent the next four years in opposition. In 1993 they changed name to Partidul Democrat. In the 1996 legislative election, PD ran jointly with the now-defunct Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), under the name Uniunea Social-Democrată (USD). After having ranked third, they joined a governing coalition with the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) and the ethnic Hungarian party UDMR. From 2000 to 2004 PD has been again in opposition.
In advance of the 2004 elections they joined forces with the National Liberal Party to create the Justice and Truth political alliance ("Dreptate şi Adevăr"), whose main purpose was to fight the all-dominating social-democrats PSD. The alliance managed to win around 32% of the votes in both Chambers, not enough for a majority and about 6% less than PSD, but still better than initially expected.
However, due to their alliances with the National Liberal Party, Conservative Party and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the Democratic Party is currently part of the governing coalition.
Since December 2004, the leader of PD has been Cluj-Napoca mayor and former Member of Parliament Emil Boc. Previous PD leader Traian Băsescu won the Romanian presidential election of 2004 and resigned from the party since Romanian law does not allow the President to remain a member of any political party. During the Congress of 2005, the Democratic party members voted for affiliation with the European People's Party (EPP) bloc in the European Parliament.
Notable current and former members
- Petre Roman - left and founded the Forţa Democrată (Democratic Force) party;
- Traian Băsescu - elected President of Romania, membership suspended during the mandate.
- Adriean Videanu - Mayor of Bucharest
- Emil Boc - Mayor of Cluj-Napoca
- Radu Berceanu - PD Senator, Minister of Transportation, Constructions and Tourism
- Cristian Rădulescu, PD Deputy, Leader in the Chamber of Deputies
- Gheorghe Albu, PD Deputy
- Roberta Anastase, PD Deputy
- Ioan Olteanu, PD Deputy
- Cezar Preda, PD Deputy
- Alexandru Sassu (left for PSD)
- Bogdan Niculescu Duvăz (left for PSD together with Sassu)
- Victor Babiuc - formerly in charge of the Ministery of Defence (who knows in what party he may be right know)
- Radu Vasile (came from PNŢCD, maybe he has already left)
- Anca Boagiu, Minister of European Integration
- Vasile Blaga, Minister of Internal Affairs
External links
- ()[Democratic Party] official site
| Political parties of Romania
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Represented in parliament: Justice and Truth (PNL+PD) | Social Democratic Party | Great Romania Party | Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania | Conservative Party | |
| Not represented in parliament: Christian-Democratic People's Party | New Generation Party | People's Action | Socialist Alliance Party | People's Party | Ecologist Party of Romania | Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania | |
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