National Liberal Party (Romania)

National Liberal Party
Partidul Național Liberal
AbbreviationPNL
PresidentNicolae Ciucă
Secretary-GeneralLucian Bode
SpokesmanIonuț-Marian Stroe
First-Vice PresidentsRareș Bogdan
Lucian Bode
Dan Motreanu
Gheorghe Flutur
Iulian Dumitrescu
Leader in the SenateCătălin-Daniel Fenechiu
Leader in the Chamber of DeputiesFlorin Roman
Leader in the European ParliamentRareș Bogdan
Founded15 January 1990 (re-established after the Romanian Revolution)[1][2]
Preceded byNational Liberal Party
(1875–1947/1950)[3][4]
HeadquartersModrogan nr 1, Sector 1, Bucharest
Student wingLiberal Student Clubs (CSL)
Youth wingNational Liberal Youth (TNL)
Women's wingLiberal Women National Organisation (ONFL)
Membership (2023)c. 182,000[5]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[27]
National affiliationRomanian Democratic Convention
(1991–1992; 1993–1999)[28]
Justice and Truth Alliance
(2003–2007)
Centre Right Alliance
(2011–2013)
Social Liberal Union
(2011–2014)
Christian Liberal Alliance (2014)
National Coalition for Romania (2021–present)
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (EPP)[b]
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International (CDI)
International Democracy Union (IDU)[29]
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party (EPP)
Colours  Yellow
  Blue
SloganPrin noi înșine!
("Through Ourselves!")
Anthem"Verde-nrourat"[30]
"Dewy Green"
Senate
36 / 136
[31]
Chamber of Deputies
79 / 330
[32]
European Parliament
10 / 33
[33]
Mayors
1,248 / 3,176
[34]
County Presidents
17 / 41
[34]
County Councilors
489 / 1,340
[34]
Local Council Councilors
15,043 / 39,900
[34]
Ministers
9 / 18
[a]
Party flag
Website
pnl.ro

a. ^ + a Deputy Prime Minister

[35]

b. Previously a member of the Alliance for Europe of the Nations (until 2006) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (for the period 2007–2014)

The National Liberal Party (Romanian: Partidul Național Liberal, PNL) is a social-conservative political party in Romania (and the second largest overall political party in the country as of mid 2023). Re-founded in mid January 1990, shortly after the Revolution of 1989 which culminated in the fall of communism in Romania, it claims the legacy of the major political party of the same name, active between 1875 and 1947 in the Kingdom of Romania (Romanian: Regatul României). Based on this historical legacy, it often presents itself as the first formally constituted political party in the country and the oldest of its kind from the family of European liberal parties as well.[36]

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  28. ^ PNL-CD, PNL-AT, and PL '93 were the PNL splinter groups which were still part of the CDR after Câmpeanu's withdrawal of the main PNL from the convention in 1992, just before that year's general election. Other minor liberal parties such as PAC and UFD (which would later merge in the PNL) were part of the CDR during the late 1990s as well.
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  31. ^ Senatul României. "Grupuri parlamentare" (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  32. ^ Camera deputaților. "Grupuri parlamentare" (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  33. ^ "Advanced search". European Parliament. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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