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Political parties in Romania lists political parties in Romania.

Romania has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Present-day parliamentary parties

This is a list of present-day political parties in Romania with current (as of 2006) parliamentary representation, in order of the number or representatives they have in the Chamber of Deputies.

  • Social Democratic Party (Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) - Separated from the National Salvation Front in 1992 as the National Democratic Salvation Front (Frontul Democrat al Salvării Naţionale, FDSN), changed its name to Romanian Party of Social Democracy (Partidul Democraţiei Sociale din România, PDSR) in 1993, absorbed the Romanian Social Democratic Party in 2001, at the same time changing its name to PSD. Despite being the largest single party in the Chamber, they are not one of the current governing parties, and are slightly outnumbered by the Justice and Truth Alliance, an electoral alliance of the National Liberals and Democrats.
  • National Liberal Party (Partidul Naţional Liberal, PNL) - one of the current governing parties, and a member of the Justice and Truth Alliance.
  • Democratic Party (Partidul Democrat, PD) - separated from the National Salvation Front in 1993. One of the current governing parties, and a member of the Justice and Truth Alliance.
  • Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare, PRM).
  • Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) - the only ethnic minority party with more than one representative in the Parliament, and omnipresent part of coalition governments. All ethnic minority parties in Romania get one seat in the Chamber of Deputies, a unique right in Europe, designed for assuring representation of minorities in the legislature. One of the current governing parties.
  • Conservative Party (Partidul Conservator, PC) - was founded as the Humanist Party of Romania (Partidul Umanist din România, PUR), a name it changed in 2005. One of the current governing parties.

Present-day registered political parties

This is the complete list of political parties registered in Romania, current as of February 2006 [1].

Political alliance:

Present-day ethnic minority parties

Main article: Romanian ethnic minorities parties
  • Association of Italians of Romania (Asociaţia Italienlor din România)
  • Bulgarian Union of the Banat - Romania (Uniunea Bulgară din Banat - România)
  • Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania (Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România)
  • Democratic Forum of Germans of Romania (Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România)
  • Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs in Romania (Uniunea Democratică a Slovacilor şi Cehilor din România)
  • Democratic Union of Turco-Islamic Tatars of Romania (Uniunea Democrată a Tătarilor Turco-Musulmani din România)
  • Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania (Federaţia Comunităţilor Evreieşti din România)
  • Greek Union of Romania (Uniunea Elenă din România)
  • League of Albanians of Romania (Liga Albanezilor din România)
  • Lipovan Russian Community of Romania (Comunitatea Ruşilor Lipoveni din România)
  • Social Democratic Roma Party of Romania (Partida Romilor Social Democrată din România)
  • Turkish Democratic Union of Romania (Uniunea Democrată Turcă din România)
  • Union of Armenians of Romania (Uniunea Armenilor din România)
  • Union of Croatians of Romania (Uniunea Croaţilor din România)
  • Union of Poles of Romania Dom Polski (Uniunea Polonezilor din România "Dom Polski")
  • Union of Serbs of Romania (Uniunea Sârbilor din România)
  • Union of Slavic Macedonians of Romania (Asociaţia Macedonenilor Slavi din România)
  • Union of Ukrainians of Romania (Uniunea Ucrainienilor din România)

Other post-1989 parties

Parties no longer active.

Communist-era parties

Although distinct parties in the communist era were not politically relevant, the following were the officially recognized political forces.

  • Romanian Communist Party (Partidul Comunist Român, PCR) - known as Romanian Workers' Party (Partidul Muncitoresc Român, PMR) between 1948 and 1965; banned in 1989.
  • Front of Democratic and Socialist Unity (Frontul Democraţiei şi Unitaţii Socialiste, FDUS), an organization created as an outlet of the PCR; active 1975-1989.
  • General Union of Romanian Trade Unions (Uniunea Generală a Sindicatelor din România, UGSR); active 1948-1989.
  • Hungarian People's Union (Magyar Népi Szövetség, MNSz), created as Union of Hungarian Workers of Romania (Magyar Dolgozók Országos Szövetsége, MADOSZ), in close alliance with the Communist Party of Romania; active 1934-1953
  • Ploughmen's Front (Frontul Plugarilor) - closely associated with the Romanian Communist Party; active 1933-1953.

Other parties were allowed to exist, with unclear status, until mid-1948.

Parties active between 1918 and 1947

The following parties were all active in Romania in the interwar period and, in some cases, through and after World War II. See also Kingdom of Romania.

Dates of founding and dissolution are given, where known. Failing that, the earliest and latest dates known for activities are given.

Parties active before 1918

See also Romanian Old Kingdom

See also

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