The Social Democratic Party is the largest political party in Romania. It is also the largest social democratic political party in the country. It was founded by Ion Iliescu,Romania's first democratically elected president at the 1990 Romanian general election. It is currently part of the National Coalition for Romania (CNR),which is a big tent grand coalition comprising also the National Liberal Party (PNL). The CNR formerly included the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) until mid June 2023.
The Greater Romania Party is a Romanian far-right political party. Founded in May 1991 by Eugen Barbu and Corneliu Vadim Tudor,it was led by the latter from that point until his death in September 2015. The party is sometimes referred to in English as the Great Romania Party.
Eugen Bejinariu is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He served as acting/ad interim Prime Minister of Romania between 21 and 28 December 2004,when former PSD Prime Minister Adrian Năstase,who had just been defeated in the 2004 presidential elections by Traian Băsescu,resigned and became President of the Chamber of Deputies.
The unification of Moldova and Romania is a popular concept and hypothetical unification in the two countries that began during the Revolutions of 1989. The Romanian Revolution in 1989 and the independence of Moldova in 1991 further contributed to the development of a movement for the unification of the two Romanian-speaking countries. The question of reunification is recurrent in the public sphere of the two countries,often as a speculation,both as a goal and a danger. Though historically Romanian support for unification was high,a March 2022 survey following the Russian invasion of Ukraine indicated that only 11% of Romania's population supports an immediate union,while over 42% think it is not the right moment.
Eugen Trică is a Romanian football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.
The Democratic Liberal Party was a liberal-conservative political party in Romania. The party was formed on 15 December 2007,when the Democratic Party (PD) merged with the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD). On 17 November 2014 the PDL officially merged into the National Liberal Party (PNL),ceasing to exist. The PDL was associated with Traian Băsescu,who was previously leader of the PD and President of Romania from 2004 to 2014.
Elena Gabriela Udrea is a Romanian politician. An independent who held office while in the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and then the People's Movement Party (PMP),she was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2016. In successive Emil Boc cabinets,she served as Tourism Minister from 2008 to 2009 and as Regional Development and Tourism Minister from 2009 to 2012. Sentenced to six years in prison for corruption offenses,she sought asylum in Costa Rica in 2018. The following year,she gave up the asylum claim and returned to Romania,where she is currently serving her sentence.
Cristian Diaconescu is a Romanian jurist and politician. He previously belonged to the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD),as well as to the People's Movement Party (PMP),which he led from 2021 to 2022. He sat in the Romanian Senate from 2004 to 2012,representing Constanța County from 2004 until 2008,and subsequently Bucharest. In the Adrian Năstase cabinet,he was Minister of Justice from March to December 2004;in the Emil Boc cabinet,he was Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2008 and 2009. He returned to the position in 2012,also under Boc,and continued in this capacity under Boc's successor,Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu.
Dacian Julien Cioloș is a Romanian agronomist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from November 2015 to January 2017. He previously served as Agriculture Minister under Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between October 2007 and December 2008. In November 2009,European Commission President JoséManuel Barroso nominated him to be the next Agriculture Commissioner,a position he assumed in February 2010 and held until his term expired in November 2014. In November 2015,President Klaus Iohannis named him Prime Minister;Cioloșassumed office after receiving approval from Parliament.
The Order of the Republic is Moldova's highest order. It is awarded by the President of Moldova for exceptional merits in all fields which benefit Moldova and humanity as a whole. The order was established in July 1992 and its collar and badge are made from silver.
Gheorghe-Eugen Nicolăescu is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL),he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for MureșCounty from 2000 to 2008 and has represented Călărași County there since 2008. In the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet,he served as Minister of Health from 2005 to 2008.
Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici was a Moldovan musical duo consisting of married couple Doina and Ion Aldea Teodorovici. The group disbanded in 1992,after both members died in a road traffic accident in Coșereni. Today,there is a monument to them there,as well as another in Chișinău.
Lucian Dan Teodorovici is a Romanian writer,scriptwriter and theatre director.
The People's Movement Party is a minor extra-parliamentary national-conservative and social conservative political party in Romania.
Eugen Tomac is a Romanian politician,historian and journalist currently serving as MEP in the European Parliament for Romania since 2019. He is also the President of the People's Movement Party (PMP).
Presidential elections were held in Romania on 10 November 2019,with a second round held on 24 November 2019. They were the eighth presidential elections held in post-1989 Romania. Incumbent President of Romania Klaus Iohannis,first elected in 2014,was eligible for re-election. He subsequently defeated former Prime Minister and ex-leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Viorica Dăncilăin the second round of the election by a landslide,receiving 66% of the vote –the second-highest vote share on record in this type of elections after Ion Iliescu.
Ion-Marcel Ciolacu is a Romanian politician who currently serves as the Prime Minister of Romania. He is also the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). As a previously little-known politician outside of Buzău County,where he owns a pastry shop and a consulting firm,Ciolacu came into national prominence when he became the deputy prime minister in 2018 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mihai Tudose. Allegedly,he was given this office in order to report Tudose's activities to Liviu Dragnea,who had been unable to become prime minister himself and was wary of Tudose becoming a power player in the party. Ciolacu soon broke with Dragnea and became an ally of Tudose against Dragnea's leadership. After Tudose's resignation,Ciolacu was marginalized within PSD but still retained the leadership of PSD Buzău. Ciolacu once again returned to prominence in 2019 after Liviu Dragnea had been convicted on abuse of office and incitement to intellectual forgery charges,having to serve a 3 years,6 months sentence. With the Social Democrats still controlling a majority both in the Chamber and in the Senate,Ciolacu won the position of President of the Chamber of Deputies,with 172 votes for and 120 against,previously held by Dragnea himself.
Vlad Vasile Voiculescu is a Romanian politician and former Romanian Minister of Health in the Cîțu Cabinet whose term lasted from 23 December 2020 until he was revoked on 14 April 2021 by PNL Prime Minister Florin Cîțu. He formerly served in the same position in the CioloșCabinet between May 2016 and January 2017.
Viorel Ștefan is a Romanian politician and economist who has been serving as a Member of the European Court of Auditors for Romania since 2019. He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister of Romania from 2018 to 2019 and as Minister of Public Finance from January to June 2017.
Romanian Sovereigntist Bloc is a sovereigntist electoral alliance that was formed to compete in the 2024 Romanian elections.
