Democratic Party (Romania)

The Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD) is a social-democrat party of Romania. It is currently the smaller party of the governing Justice and Truth alliance.

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Romanian - Social-democrat - Romania - Justice and Truth

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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).

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National Salvation Front - Romanian Revolution of 1989 - Ion Iliescu - Petre Roman - 1992 - Democratic National Salvation Front - Social Democratic Party

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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-Democrat? (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.

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1992 legislative election - 1996 legislative election - Romanian Social Democratic Party - Romanian Democratic Convention - UDMR

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In advance of the 2004 elections they joined forces with the National Liberal Party to create the Justice and Truth political alliance ("Dreptate ?i Adev?r"), 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.

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2004 elections - National Liberal Party - Justice and Truth - PSD

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However, due to their alliances with the National Liberal Party, Romanian Humanist Party and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, the Democratic Party is currently part of the governing coalition.

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National Liberal Party - Romanian Humanist Party - Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania

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As of December 2004, the interim leader of PD is Emil Boc. Former leader Traian B?sescu won the Romanian presidential election of 2004 and resigned from the party on December 18, since the office of President requires political independence. The next congress is due in the spring of 2005.

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As of - Emil Boc - Traian B?sescu - Romanian presidential election of 2004 - December 18

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