Romanian Social Democratic Party (1990–2001)
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The Romanian Social Democratic Party (, PSDR) was a
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in
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. Founded in 1990, shortly after the fall of the Communist party rule in Romania in December 1989, it claimed to be the direct successor of the historical Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD) which existed between 1927 and 1948, until it merged with the
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(PCR) to create the
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(PMR). Joining the
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(SI), the party entered alliances with the Democratic Party (PD; forming ''Uniunea Social-Democrată'' or the Social Democratic Union during the 1996 legislative election), and took part in the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) governments of Victor Ciorbea, Radu Vasile, and Mugur Isărescu (briefly leading the
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with
Alexandru Athanasiu Alexandru Athanasiu (; born 1 January 1955) is a Romanian politician and jurist. A former leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), he has been a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2001. Athanasiu previously served ...
as
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/ad interim PM in 1999). The PSDR subsequently adhered to the Social Democratic Pole of Romania (PDSR) for the 2000 Romanian general election, and fused into the
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(PSD) on 16 January 2001. A minority wing opposed to the merger survived as Partidul Social Democrat "Constantin Titel Petrescu", later reforming itself as the Social-Democratic Workers' Party, but was eventually dissolved in 2013.


Notable members

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Alexandru Athanasiu Alexandru Athanasiu (; born 1 January 1955) is a Romanian politician and jurist. A former leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), he has been a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2001. Athanasiu previously served ...
; * Sergiu Cunescu; * Adrian Dimitriu; * Georgiu Gingăraş.


Electoral history


Legislative elections

Notes: 1 The CDR members in 1992 were the following ones: the PNȚ-CD (with 21 senators and 41 deputies), the
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(with 7 senators and 13 deputies), the PNL-AT (with 1 senator and 11 deputies), the PSDR, the PNL-CD (with 4 senators and 3 deputies), and the PER (with no senators and 4 deputies).
2 The members of the
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were the PD (with 22 senators and 43 deputies) and the PSDR.
3 The members of the Social Democratic Pole of Romania (PDSR) were the following ones: the PDSR (with 59 senators and 139 deputies), the PSDR, and the PUR (with 4 senators and 6 deputies). 4 The PSDR merged with the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR) in 2001.


Presidential elections

Notes: 1 Emil Constantinescu was the common
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presidential candidate who was endorsed by the PSDR in 1992, as part of the CDR.
2 Petre Roman was the presidential candidate of the
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alliance '' Social Democratic Union'' (USD).
3 Ion Iliescu was the presidential candidate of the alliance Social Democratic Pole of Romania (the same acronym as the main party - PDSR).


References


External links

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Official site of Partidul Social Democrat "Constantin Titel Petrescu"
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