Social Democratic Party (Moldova)

Social Democratic Party Partidul Social Democrat
President	Victor Şelin
General Secretary	Sergiu Coropceanu
Founded	13 May 1990 (PSDM)
Headquarters	Chişinău
Ideology	Social democracy
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Red and White
Website
http://www.psdm.md
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The Social Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) is an extra-parliamentary political party in Moldova, currently led by Victor Şelin.

In the autumn of 1989, the materials of the 18th Congress of Socialist International reached Chişinău from Estonia and did stir up a lot of debates among those dissatisfied with the political realities in Moldovan SSR. The party was founded on May 13, 1990, when was known as the Social Democratic Party of Moldova (Romanian: Partidul Social-Democrat din Moldova, PSDM). The Founding Conference elected Oazu Nantoi, Ion Negură, Alexandru Coşelev as the Party Co-chairpersons. Initially, the Social-Democratic Party of Moldova fought for the independence of the Moldovan SSR. That was the first party to promote the values of European social democracy in Moldova.

At the third congress of the party, 25–26 February 1995, Anatol Ţăranu was elected as a new head of the party. On the eve of 1996 presidential elections, Social Democrats were the only ones to openly support Petru Lucinschi. During 1996-1998, the party underwent some internal problems generated from within by controversial opinions on the party political course as well as from outside. This internal crisis culminated in 1998, when Gheorghe Sima group left the party. The old team headed by Oazu Nantoi took over the party leadership.

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