Democratic Nationalist Party (Romania)
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Democratic Nationalist Party
Partidul Naționalist-Democrat |
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| President |
Nicolae Iorga/A. C. Cuza (first) Petre Topa (last) |
| Founded | May 6 [O.S. April 23] 1910 |
| Dissolved | 1946 |
| Merged into | National Liberal Party–Tătărescu |
| Newspaper |
Neamul Românesc Răvașul Naționalist-Democrat |
| Ideology |
Ethnic nationalism (Romanian) National conservatism Right-wing populism Agrarianism Producerism Economic antisemitism Monarchism Corporatism Right-wing socialism (minority) |
| Political position | Center-left to far-right |
| National affiliation | Parliamentary Bloc (1919) Federation of National Social Democracy (1920) Democratic Bloc (1920) National Union (1931) National-Democratic Coalition (1944) |
| Colours | Black |
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The Democratic Nationalist Party or Nationalist Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Naționalist-Democrat, PND) was a political party in Romania, established by historian Nicolae Iorga (who was also its longest-serving leader) and jurist A. C. Cuza. Its support base was in the lower reaches of the Romanian middle class, and, especially through Cuza's ideology, it reflected the xenophobia, economic antisemitism, and producerism of that particular environment. The PND was a weak challenge to the mainstream political forces, either conservative or liberal, failing in its bid to become Romania's third-strongest party. By 1916, it was effectively split between Iorga's moderates and Cuza's radicals, suspending its activity for the remainder of World War I.
The PND reemerged as a significant force in Greater Romania, after November 1918. It frequently changed names and refined its official stance, becoming closely aligned with Iorga's evolving ideas on society and politics. During the early 1920s, it trailed to the left of the political spectrum, caucusing with the Peasants' Party, and supporting a "Democratic Bloc" coalition against the National Liberals; its far-right faction seceded and became the National-Christian Defense League. Around 1925, the PND itself returned to national conservatism, briefly merging with the Romanian National Party, and, through it, the National Peasants' Party. It reemerged in 1926 with an agenda supporting technocracy and corporatism, and was brought to power in 1931, when King Carol II appointed Iorga as Prime Minister.
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