The Macedonians of Romania are a recognised minority with full minority rights. As of the 2021 census, 1,089

ethnic Macedonians Macedonians ( mk, Македонци, Makedonci) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identi ...

lived in

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. They are mostly descendants of

refugees of the Greek Civil War During and after the Greek Civil War of 1946–1949, members and or supporters of the defeated Communist forces fled Greece as political refugees. The collapse of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) and subsequent evacuation of the Communist Party o ...

(1946–1949).

Immigration

The

Greek communists The Communist Party of Greece ( el, Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, ''Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas'', KKE) is a political party in Greece. Founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece and adopted its curren ...

formed the Slavomacedonian National Liberation Front in 1943, thus recognizing the Macedonian national identity, during the Axis occupation of Greece. However, the situation deteriorated after the communists lost the

Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος �όλεμος}, ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom and ...

(1946-1949), while the Greek government did not recognize the distinctiveness of the Macedonian nation, that was formed at the same time. Thousands of

were expelled and fled to the

Eastern Bloc The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ...

countries. Many were evacuated to Romania. A large evacuation camp was established in the Romanian town of

Tulgheș Tulgheș ( hu, Gyergyótölgyes or colloquially ''Tölgyes'', Hungarian pronunciation: , meaning "place with oak trees in Gyergyó") is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in eastern Transylvania. The commune is composed of four villag ...

. It was there that many of the younger children were reunited with their parents. It is thought that 5,132 children were evacuated to Romania along with 1,981 men and 1,939 women. The group of children evacuated was the largest in Romania. There in Romania, the most provisions were set up for them across the entire Eastern Bloc, excluding Yugoslavia. That group of children would go on to form the recognized minority group of Macedonians in Romania. According to the 2021 Romanian census, 1,089 individuals declared a Macedonian ethnicity (536 men and 553 women). In the same census, only 201 individuals declared that they spoke the Macedonian language, including 115 men and 86 women. According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2015, there were 186 Macedonians born in Romania living in the U.S. Some of the 243 ethnic Bulgarians living in the U.S. in 2015 who were born in Romania were of Macedonian origin.

Organisations

The Association of Macedonians in Romania was established in 2000 as an ethnic minority political party to represent the Macedonian community. The party has a seat in the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon Res ...

. The current member of the

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...

minority in

is Liana Dumitrescu, who has served since 2004, when she replaced Vasile Ioan Savu, in office from 2000. Dumitrescu heads the party, which forms part of the parliamentary group of national minorities. At the 2000 elections the group received 8,000 votes, and in 2004, 3 Macedonian political parties from

, lead and participated at election by AMR, obtained more than 25,000 votes. However two other Political Parties, Asociația Macedonenilor din Romania and Asociația Cultura a Macedonenilor din România also polled well with 9595 and 9750 votes respectively.

References

External links

Association of Macedonians in Romania

Ethnic Minorities of Romania

AMR

AMR Votes

AMR in Parliament of Romania
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macedonians Of Romania Macedonian diaspora *Main

Immigration

Organisations

See also

References

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