Democratic Party (Romania)

Democratic Party Partidul Democrat-Frontul Salvării Naționale (1993–2000) Partidul Democrat (2000–2007)
Abbreviation	PD-FSN (1993–2000) PD (2000–2007)
President	Petre Roman (1993–2001) Traian Băsescu (2001–04) Emil Boc (2004–07)
Founder	Petre Roman
Founded	28 May 1993
Dissolved	15 December 2007
Preceded by	National Salvation Front
Merged into	Democratic Liberal Party
Ideology	Before 2005 Social democracy[1] After 2005 Liberal conservatism[2] Neoliberalism[3] Christian democracy[4] Popularism[5]
Political position	Before 2005 Centre-left After 2005 Centre-right
National affiliation	Social Democratic Union (1995–2000) Justice and Truth Alliance (2003–07)
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists (1996–2005)[6] European People's Party (2005–2007)
International affiliation	Socialist International (1996–2005) Centrist Democrat International (2005-2007)
Website
pd.ro
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The Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Democrat, PD) was a social democratic and, later on, liberal conservative political party in Romania. In January 2008, it merged with the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), a splinter group of the National Liberal Party (PNL), to form the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).

From 1996 to 2005, the party was a member of the Socialist International (SI). Its official name was Democratic Party - National Salvation Front until 2000, when it officially shortened its name only to the Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the PD was the junior member of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance (DA), although according to many Romanian opinion polls of the time, it remained the most popular of the two parties. Although it had to formally suspend his leadership to the party when elected president in 2004, the PD was largely associated with former Romanian president Traian Băsescu.