The Party of Rebirth and Conciliation of Moldova ( ro, Partidul Renașterii și Concilierii din Moldova, PRCM) was a political party in

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...

History

The PRCM was established in 1995 by former members of the Democratic Agrarian Party of Moldova (PDAM), who had been encouraged to break away from the party by President

Mircea Snegur Mircea Snegur (; born 17 January 1940) is a Moldovan politician who was served as President of Moldova#Republic of Moldova (1991–present), first President of Moldova from 1990–1997. Before that, he served as President of Moldova, Chairman o ...

. Snegur was the party's candidate for the 1996 presidential elections. Although he received the most votes in the first round, he was defeated by independent candidate

Petru Lucinschi Petru Lucinschi (; born 27 January 1940) is a former Moldovan politician who was Moldova's second President (1997–2001). Biography Early life and education Petru Lucinschi was born on 27 January 1940 in Rădulenii Vechi village, Soroc ...

in the run-off. Prior to the 1998 elections the party joined the

Democratic Convention of Moldova The Democratic Convention of Moldova ( ro, Convenţia Democrată din Moldova, CDM) was a political alliance in Moldova. History The CDM was formed in 1997,Andrei Brezianu & Vlad Spânu (2007) ''Historical Dictionary of Moldova'', Scarecrow Press ...

alliance (CDM), forming the core of the alliance. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1335 The CDM finished second, winning 26 of the 101 seats. Together with the other non-Communist parties, it established the

Alliance for Democracy and Reforms The Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (often abbreviated to ADR) was a governing coalition in Moldova between numerous non-Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova, Communist parties which had absolute majority in the Parliament of the Re ...

(ADR), which was able to form a government. The party ran alone in the

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. Despite receiving 5.8% of the vote and finishing in fourth place, it failed to win a seat. The following year the PRCM merged with the For Order and Justice Social-Political Movement, the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the National Christian Democratic Peasants Party of Moldova to form the Liberal Party. In 2003, the Liberal Party merged into the

Our Moldova Alliance The Our Moldova Alliance ( ro, Partidul Alianță Moldova Noastră, en, Party Alliance Our Moldova, AMN) was a social-liberal political party in Moldova led by Serafim Urechean, former mayor of Chișinău. It merged into the Liberal Democratic P ...

(AMN).

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{{Moldovan political parties Defunct political parties in Moldova Political parties established in 1995 Political parties disestablished in 2001