Bessarabian Peasants' Party
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Bessarabian Peasants' Party
Moldavian National Democratic Party Partidul Țărănesc din Basarabia Partidul Național-Democrat Moldovenesc |
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| President |
Pan Halippa (1918–1921) Ion Inculeț (1921–1923) Ion Pelivan (1923) |
| Founded | August 23, 1918 |
| Dissolved | September 1923 |
| Preceded by | National Moldavian Party |
| Merged into |
National Liberal Party Romanian National Party |
| Headquarters | Chișinău, Bessarabia |
| Newspaper |
Cuvânt Moldovenesc Viața Basarabiei Basarabia Glasul Basarabiei |
| Ideology |
Agrarianism Ethnic nationalism (Romanian) Anticommunism Regionalism Agrarian socialism (minority) Separatism (minority) |
| Political position | Center-right to far-left |
| National affiliation | Parliamentary Bloc (1919) |
The Bessarabian Peasants' Party (Romanian: Partidul Țărănesc din Basarabia, PȚB, also Partidul Țărănesc Basarabean, Partidul Țărănist Basarabean) or Moldavian National Democratic Party (Partidul Național-Democrat Moldovenesc) was an agrarian political party, active in the Kingdom of Romania and, more specifically, the region of Bessarabia. Comprising various pro-Romanian and regionalist factions that had existed within the Moldavian Democratic Republic, it was brought together by shared opposition to Bolshevik Russia and communism. The PȚB, founded in August 1918, was led by Pan Halippa and Ion Inculeț, originally representing, respectively, its right and left wings; Ion Pelivan was the co-chair.
Effectively the government party of Bessarabia in the wake of its formal union with Romania, the PȚB scored a major victory in the 1919 election, when it emerged as the third most popular party in Greater Romania, and an essential partner in government. It was therefore co-opted by the Parliamentary Bloc, formed around the Romanian National Party, until the latter's government was brought down by the People's Party. Although losing several of its chapters before the 1920 elections, it still won Bessarabia by a significant margin, openly embracing the cause of decentralization and regional autonomy.
Rallied with the national opposition by 1921, the PȚB was effectively split over merging with Ion Mihalache's Peasants' Party and an independent agrarian faction led by Constantin Stere. Halippa supported such a fusion, and took his supporters out of the PȚB; Inculeț reclaimed for himself the party leadership, and, in 1922, formed an alliance with the governing National Liberals. Marginally defeating Halippa and Stere in the election of 1922, the PȚB was again co-opted into government. Inculeț and his supporters entered the National Liberal Party in early 1923, leaving the surviving rump party to merge with the Romanian National Party in September.
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