Romanian Ethnic Minorities Parties
The Romanian Constitution (Article 62), under the conditions imposed by the Electoral Law, provides seats in the Chamber of Deputies for the party and cultural association of ethnic minorities in Romania (with the limitation that each national minority is to be represented by one organization only). Minority parties and associations are exempt from the electoral threshold, and are guaranteed a seat so long as they earn at least 10% of the vote that was required for the last party eligible to earn a seat through the threshold. The minority parties and associations are aligned within the National Minority Parliamentary Group () in the Chamber of Deputies, and traditionally, these groups support the government in power."Minorită ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hungarians In Romania
The Hungarian minority of Romania ( hu, Romániai magyarok; ro, maghiarii din România) is the largest ethnic minority in Romania, consisting of 1,227,623 people and making up 6.1% of the total population, according to the 2011 Romanian census, the second last recorded in the country's history. Most ethnic Hungarians of Romania live in areas that were, before the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, parts of Hungary. Encompassed in a region known as Transylvania, the most prominent of these areas is known generally as Székely Land ( ro, Ținutul Secuiesc, links=no; hu, Székelyföld, links=no), where Hungarians comprise the majority of the population. Transylvania also includes the historic regions of Banat, Crișana and Maramureș. There are forty-one counties of Romania; Hungarians form a large majority of the population in the counties of Harghita (85.21%) and Covasna (73.74%), and a large percentage in Mureș (38.09%), Satu Mare (34.65%), Bihor (25.27%), Sălaj (23.35%), and C ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Federation Of The Jewish Communities In Romania
The Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania ( ro, Federația Comunităților Evreiești din România, FCER) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Jewish community. History The organization was originally founded as the Federation of Unions of Jewish Communities in Romania ( ro, Federaţiei Uniunilor de Comunităţi Evreiești din România, links=no, FUCER) in 1936 by the Unions of Communities of the Old Kingdom and of the Provinces ( ro, Uniunile de Comunităţi din Vechiul Regat și din Provincii, labels=none), which included the Union of Jewish Communities of the Old Kingdom, the Union of Jewish Communities of Transylvania and Banat, the Union of Jewish Communities of Bucovina, and the Union of Jewish Communities of Bessarabia. The first elected president of the organization was Sigmund Birman, a philanthropist and industrialist. From 1941 to 1944 it was banned by the government of dictator Ion Antonescu, and replaced with the pro-government ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Democratic Union Of Turkish-Muslim Tatars Of Romania
The Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars of Romania ( ro, Uniunea Democratica a Tatarilor Turco-Musulmani din Romania, UDTTMR; crh, script=Latn, Romanya Müslüman Tatar Türklerĭ Demokrat Bĭrlĭgĭ, RMTTDB) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Tatar community. History The party was formed on 29 December 1989 as the Turkish Muslim Democratic Union of Romania (''Uniunea Democrată Turcă Musulmană din România'', UDTMR). On 12 April 1990 the new party split, with a breakaway faction forming the Ethnic Turkish Minority Union of Romania (UMETR), which later became the Democratic Turkish Union of Romania. The May 1990 general elections saw the party receive only 0.06% of the vote, but it won a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law that allows for political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold. As a result of the split in April, the party adopted its present name on 23 July ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Democratic Union Of Slovaks And Czechs Of Romania
The Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania ( ro, Uniunea Democratică a Slovacilor și Cehilor din România, UDSCR; cz, Demokratický svaz Slováků a Čechů v Rumunsku, DSSCR; sk, Demokratický zväz Slovákov a Čechov v Rumunsku, DZSCR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Czech and Slovak communities. History Established on 4 January 1990 in Nădlac, the UDSCR contested the May 1990 general elections. Despite receiving only 4,584 votes (0.03%), University of Essex it won a single seat in the under the e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Democratic Turkish Union Of Romania
The Democratic Turkish Union of Romania ( ro, Uniunea Democrată Turcă din România, UDTR; tr, Romanya Demokrat Türk Birliği, RDTB) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Turkish community. History The party was created in 1990 as a split from the Turkish Muslim Democratic Union of Romania (which subsequently became an organisation solely for Romanian Tatars), and was initially named the Ethnic Turkish Minority Union of Romania (''Uniunea Minoritară Etnică Turcă din România'', UMETR).History Democratic Turkish Union of Romania In the 1992 general elections the party received only 2,572 votes (0.02%), [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Democratic Forum Of Germans In Romania
The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (german: Demokratisches Forum der Deutschen in Rumänien, DFDR; ro, Forumul Democrat al Germanilor din România, FDGR; in short or ) is a political party (legally recognized as an association of public utility according to the governmental decision HG 599 as per 4 June 2008) organised on ethnic criterion representing the interests of the German minority in Romania. Initially, the FDGR/DFDR was a cultural association representing the culture of the German community in Romania, but it subsequently became a moderately successful local political party (especially amongst Romanian voters as well), most notably in parts of Transylvania (central Romania) and Banat (south-western Romania). Consequently, the counties where the FDGR/DFDR obtained the highest political scores in many local elections after 1989 are Sibiu and Timiș respectively. History (1989–present) The forum was founded at the end of 1989, in the wake of the Romanian Rev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cultural Union Of Ruthenians Of Romania
The Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania ( ro, Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România, UCRR; rue, Културне Товариство Русинів Романії, translit=Kultulrne Tovarystvo Rusyniv Romaniji, KTRR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Rusyn community. History The AIR was established in 2000. It contested the 2000 general elections, and despite receiving just 6,942 votes (0.06%), it won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies. University of Essex ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Community Of The Lipovan Russians In Romania
The Community of the Lipovan Russians in Romania ( ro, Comunitatea Rușilor Lipoveni din România, CRL; russian: Община русских-липован Румынии, translit=Obshchina Russkikh-Lipovan Rumynii, ORL) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Lipovan community. History Established on 14 January 1990, the CRLR took part in the May 1990 general elections. Despite receiving only 0.13% of the vote, it received one seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law that allows for political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of the primary vote that a candidate or political party requires to achieve before they become entitled to representation or additional seats in a legislature. This limit can .... It has been receiving a seat in every election since. Electoral history Notable members *, member of parli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bulgarian Union Of Banat–Romania
The Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania ( ro, Uniunea Bulgară din Banat România, UBB-R; bg, Български съюз на Банат–Румъния, translit=Bălgarski săjuz na Banat–Rumănija, BSB-R) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Bulgarian community. History The UBB-R contested the 1990 general elections, and despite receiving only 3,451 votes (0.03%), University of Essex it won a single seat in the under the electoral law that allows for political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Association Of Macedonians Of Romania
The Association of Macedonians of Romania ( ro, Asociația Macedonenilor din România, AMR; mk, Друштвото на Македонците од Романија, translit=Društvoto na Makedoncite od Romanija, DMR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Macedonian community. History The party was created in 2000. In the general elections that year the party received only 8,809 votes (0.08%), winning a seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies. University of Essex [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Association Of Italians Of Romania
The Association of Italians of Romania – RO.AS.IT. ( ro, Asociația Italienilor din România – RO.AS.IT.; it, Associazione degli Italiani di Romania – RO.AS.IT.) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Italian community of the country. The main objective of the organisation is to preserve the traditions and customs of the Italian community and promote the Italian language, culture, and history. It is supported by the Department of Interethnic Relations and the Italian Embassy in Bucharest. In 2014, it joined the European Democratic Party (EDP). History The party was established in 1993 in Suceava, Suceava County, Bukovina. It contested the 1996 general elections, but was beaten by the Italian Community of Romania (CIR), which retained the seat reserved for the Italian community in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold only a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |