The New Force Social-Political Movement (, MSPFN) is a minor political party in

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

led by Valeriu Pleşca.Mişcarea social-politică “Forţa Nouă” (MFN)
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History

Registered on 28 May 1997, the party joined the

For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova (, PMDP) was a political alliance in Moldova led by Dumitru Diacov. History The PMDP was formed around the For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova Social-Political Movement to contest the 1998 elections, ...

alliance to contest the

1998 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1998. Africa * 1998 Burkinabé presidential election * 1998 Central African parliamentary election * 1998 Gabonese presidential election * 1998 Guinean presidential election * 1998 Lesotho general elect ...

. The alliance received 18% of the vote, winning 24 of the 101 seats and becoming the third-largest faction in Parliament. The MSPFN held one seat, taken by Pleşca.Mişcarea social-politică “Forţa Nouă”
Tribuna, 12 October 2011 It formed the

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coalition together with

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and the

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, which was able to form a government led by

Ion Ciubuc Ion Ciubuc (; 29 May 1943 – 29 January 2018) was a Moldovan economist and politician who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Moldova from January 1997 to February 1999. Biography Ion Ciubuc was born on 29 May 1943 in the village of Hădără ...

. The party contested the 1999 local elections as part of the Centrist Alliance, which won around 20% of the seats. Prior to the 2001 parliamentary elections the party joined the Braghiş Alliance. The Alliance won 19 seats, one of which was taken by the MSPFN's Pleşca. Following the 2003 local elections, in which the MSPFN received only 162 votes, winning just two seats across the country, the party did not contest any further elections until the 2011 local elections (although Pleşca did run in the 2010 parliamentary elections as an independent), when it was part of the Third Force alliance that won 41 seats and one mayoralty.

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