Democratic Party (Romania)
The Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD) was a social democratic and, later on, liberal conservative political party in Romania. In January 2008, it merged with the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), a splinter group of the National Liberal Party (PNL), to form the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).
Democratic Party Partidul Democrat | |
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| Abbreviation | PD |
| President | Petre Roman (1993–2001) Traian Băsescu (2001–04) Emil Boc (2004–07) |
| Founder | Petre Roman |
| Founded | 28 May 1993 |
| Dissolved | 15 December 2007 |
| Preceded by | National Salvation Front |
| Merged into | Democratic Liberal Party |
| Ideology | Before 2005 Social democracy After 2005 Liberal conservatism Neoliberalism |
| Political position | Before 2005 Centre-left After 2005 Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Social Democratic Union (1995–2000) Justice and Truth Alliance (2003–07) |
| European affiliation | Party of European Socialists (1996–2005) European People's Party (2005–2007) |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (1996–2005) Centrist Democrat International (2005-2007) |
| Website | |
| pd.ro | |
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From 1996 to 2005, the party was a member of the Socialist International (SI). From 2004 to 2007, the PD was the junior member of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), although according to many Romanian opinion polls of the time, it remained the most popular of the two parties. Although it had to formally suspend his leadership to the party when elected president in 2004, the PD was largely associated with former Romanian president Traian Băsescu.