Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party

For the Moldovan political party, see Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova).

Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat
Leader	Aurelian Pavelescu
Founded	December 1989
Headquarters	Bd. Carol I, nr. 24 Bucharest
Ideology	Christian democracy Agrarianism Monarchism
European affiliation	European People's Party
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European Parliament group	No MEPs
Colours	Green and Blue
Seats in the Senate	1 / 176
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	1 / 412
Seats in the European Parliament	0 / 33
Website
www.pntcd.ro
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Party headquarters

The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romanian: Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat, PNȚ-CD) is a Christian democratic and agrarian political party in Romania. It claims to be the successor of the National Peasants' Party (created from the merger of the Romanian National Party from Transylvania and Peasants' Party). The party is a member of the European People's Party (EPP).

History

The party was founded by Corneliu Coposu, Ioan Alexandru and Ion Rațiu in December 1989 and was the first officially registered political party after the fall of Communism.

In March 2005, the PNȚ-CD voted to change its name to the Christian Democratic People's Party (Partidul Popular Creștin-Democrat, PPCD) after the unification with Union for Romanian Reconstruction. Nowadays, the party has returned to its original name PNȚ-CD.

The party is currently split between a wing sustained by Marian-Petre Miluț supporting Aurelian Pavelescu as president, that decided on an alliance with the governing Democratic Liberal Party, and one supporting Victor Ciorbea as president, and favouring an alliance with the National Liberal Party.

Victor Ciorbea was elected on June 18, 2011 president of the party. In September 2011 the Bucharest Courthouse (responsible for the parties registry) recognised Victor Ciorbea as party president.

However, the split continued until Ciorbea left the party, in October 2012, in order to became a senator on National Liberal Party's lists. Pavelescu was recognized as president and the fractions were dissolved. PNȚCD formed with PDL and Civic Force, Right Romania Alliance (ARD). In the general elections of 2012, PNȚCD gained one senator and one deputy. On April 23, 2013, Pavelescu was elected president of the party.

At the 2014 European Parliament election, the party only gained 0.89% of the vote, with candidates like former EP member Sebastian Bodu and PNȚCD president Aurelian Pavelescu, opening their list.

Motto

Its motto as of 2006 is Fiecare contează (Everyone counts). At the 2014 EP elections PNȚCD motto was Renaștem pentru România ta! (Reborn for your Romania!)

Presidents of the party

• Corneliu Coposu (1990–1995)
• Ion Diaconescu (1995–2001)
• Constantin Dudu Ionescu (2001)
• Andrei Marga (2002)
• Victor Ciorbea (2002–2004)
• Gheorghe Ciuhandu (2004–2007)
• Marian Petre Miluț (2007–2011)
• Aurelian Pavelescu (2011–present)

Notable members

Corneliu Coposu Ion Diaconescu Ion Puiu Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu Ioan Alexandru Ion Rațiu Gabriel Țepelea Ion Caramitru Victor Ciorbea Gheorghe Ciuhandu

Vasile Lupu Marian Petre Miluț Ioan Avram Mureșan Șerban Rădulescu Matei Boilă Radu Vasile Aurelian Pavelescu Leonida Lari Marian Munteanu Mircea Ciumara

Further reading

• Lavinia Stan, “From Riches to Rags: The Romanian National Christian Democrat Peasant Party,” East European Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 2 (Summer 2005), pp. 179–227.

External links

• Official site
• Official site of Cluj County Organization
• News about PNȚCD
• History of PNȚCD
• Past leaders of PNȚCD