The National Unity Party (; PUN), known before 11 June 2017 as the Right (), was a

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n political party founded in June 2017, having as its main political goal the unification with Romania of the territory between the rivers Prut and Nistru (also known as

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History

On 11 June 2017, the political party ''Dreapta'', founded by Ana Guțu, changed its name to the National Unity Party of Moldova (PUN), at the extraordinary congress of the party. The former defense minister of Moldova,

Anatol Șalaru Anatol Șalaru (born 7 February 1962) is a Moldovan politician who served as Minister of Transport and Roads Infrastructure from 2009 to 2013 and Minister of Defense from 2015 to 2016. He was member of Parliament of Moldova from 1990 to 1994 a ...

, was elected PUN's executive president, and Ana Guțu was elected first vice president. Both are former members of the

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(PL). At an extraordinary congress on 25 June 2017, the former president of Romania,

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, was elected honorary president. The party merged into the

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on 17 September 2023.

Electoral results

References

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