The Social Democratic Party is the largest social democratic political party in Romania and also the largest overall political party in the country,aside from European Parliament level,where it is the second largest by total number of political representatives,after the National Liberal Party (PNL). 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.
Dan Mircea Geoană is a Romanian politician and former diplomat who served as president of the Senate of Romania from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011. From 21 April 2005 until 21 February 2010,he was the head of the Social Democratic Party. Furthermore,he was the candidate of the party for the position of President of Romania in the 2009 presidential election which he narrowly lost to Traian Băsescu.
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 330 total seats to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote using party-list proportional representation to serve four-year terms. Additionally,the organisation of each national ethnic minority is entitled to a seat in the Chamber.
Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 December 2004 to 22 December 2008. He was also president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the vice-president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR),two positions he assumed in 2004.
Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 30 November 2008. The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) won three more seats than PSD in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate,although the alliance headed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) won more votes and a fractionally higher vote share. The two parties subsequently formed a governing coalition with Emil Boc of the PDL as Prime Minister.
Titus Corlățean is a Romanian politician and diplomat,former Minister of Justice and of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD),part of the Party of European Socialists,and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Brașov County in the 2004 elections.
Daciana Octavia Sârbu is a Romanian politician,legal counsellor,and former Member of the European Parliament.
Marcela Lavinia Șandru is a Romanian politician,journalist and actress. The former president of the National Initiative Party (PIN),she was also vice president of the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR). She was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for MureșCounty from 2004 to 2008.
Liviu Nicolae Dragnea is a Romanian engineer and former politician. Starting his career in the Democratic Party (PD),he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD),eventually becoming its leader. After holding several positions as Minister,he resigned from the cabinet in May 2015,following a conviction in a case involving electoral fraud,for which he received a two-year suspended sentence in April 2016.
The National Union for the Progress of Romania is a political party in Romania. The party was formed in March 2010 by independents who had broken away from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL) to support President Traian Băsescu. Tension began soon after the party's formation between former PSD and PNL members over the distribution of leadership positions and the political direction of the new party,with former PSD members dominating. The first party congress to elect its leaders was on 1 May 2010.
Minodora Cliveti is a Romanian Social Democratic Party politician. In May 2012,she took her seat in the European Parliament in place of Rovana Plumb,who had resigned following her appointment as Environment Minister of Romania.
Remus Pricopie is a Romanian education administrator. He was the Education Minister in the Victor Ponta cabinet from December 2012 to December 2014.
Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 11 December 2016. They were the first held under a new electoral system adopted in 2015,which saw a return to the proportional electoral system last used in the 2004 elections. The new electoral legislation provides a norm of representation for deputies of 73,000 inhabitants and 168,000 inhabitants for senators,which decreased the number of MPs.
Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă is a Romanian politician,former leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD),and was Prime Minister of Romania from 29 January 2018 to 4 November 2019. She is the first woman in Romanian history to hold both the office of Prime Minister and that of president of the PSD. In 2014,she was elected to a second term as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP),representing the PSD. She was also president of the Social Democratic Women's Organization (OFSD) between 2015 and 2018.
Claudia Țapardel is a Romanian Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). Elected in May 2014,she is currently one of the youngest MEPs in the European Parliament.
Sorin Mihai Grindeanu is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania from January to June 2017 when he was removed by a motion of no confidence adopted by the Parliament. He served as ad interim President of the Chamber of Deputies in November 2021. He currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister of Romania since 25 November 2021 as a part of the CiucăCabinet,along with Hunor Kelemen.
Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 6 December 2020 to elect the 136 members of the Senate and the 330 constituent members of the Chamber of Deputies.
Victor Negrescu is a Romanian politician of the Social Democratic Party. He is a Member of European Parliament and he was Minister Delegate for European Affairs in the government of Romania between 2017 and 2018. Since 2007,he is the president and national coordinator of the Romanian network of PES activists.
The ninth European Parliament was elected during the 2019 elections and is slated to remain in session until the forthcoming 2024 elections.
Maria Grapini is a Romanian businesswoman and politician. She served as the Deputy Minister in the Second Ponta cabinet. Since 2014,Grapini has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
