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Partidul Social Democrat (Romania)

Social Democratic Party
Partidul Social Democrat
Abbreviation PSD
President Liviu Dragnea
Secretary-General Marian Neacșu ()
Executive President Viorica Dăncilă
Honorary President Ion Iliescu
Leader in the Senate Şerban Nicolae ()
Leader in the Chamber of Deputies Daniel Suciu
Leader in the European Parliament Dan Nica
Founded 17 January 1990 (PSDR)
6 February 1990 (FSN)
1992 (FDSN)
1993 (PDSR)
16 June 2001 (as PSD)
Merger of PDSR
PSDR
Preceded by PDSR
Headquarters Șos. Kiseleff nr. 10 Bucharest
Youth wing TSD
Women's wing OFSD
Membership (2014) 509,000
Ideology Social democracy
Social conservatism
Political position Centre-left
European affiliation Party of European Socialists
International affiliation Progressive Alliance
Socialist International
European Parliament group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colors Red
Chamber of Deputies
154 / 329
Senate
67 / 136
European Parliament
14 / 32
Mayors
1,708 / 3,186
County Councilors
638 / 1,434
Local Council Councilors
16,969 / 40,067
Website
psd.ro

The Social Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) is the major social-democraticpolitical party in Romania. The largest party in Parliament with initially 63 seats in the Senate and 158 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, it also has the largest number of mayors, local and county councilors and county presidents thus being the biggest and most influential political force in the country. PSD traces its origins to the Democratic National Salvation Front, a breakaway group established in 1992 from the post-communist National Salvation Front. In 1993 this merged with three other parties to become the Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR). The present name was adopted after a merger with the smaller Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR) in 2001. Since its formation, it has always been one of the two dominant parties of the country. The PDSR governed Romania from 1992 to 1996, while the PSDR was a junior coalition partner between 1996 and 2000. The merged PSD was the senior party in the coalitions governing from 2000 to 2004, and from March 2014 to November 2015, as well as one of the main coalition partners between December 2008 and October 2009 (with the Democratic Liberal Party) and again between May 2012 and March 2014 (as part of the Social Liberal Union). The party left government after Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned in November 2015, only to return as the senior governing party in January 2017, after a major victory in the legislative elections. The founder of the party, Ion Iliescu, became President of the Republic, in office from the end of Communism in 1989 to 1996, and again from 2000 to 2004. The current president of the PSD is Liviu Dragnea, elected as leader after the former Prime Minister of Romania Victor Ponta stepped down on 12 July 2015, following charges of corruption later dropped.


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