The Patriotic Party of Pridnestrovie ( ro, Partidul Patriotic din Nistrenia,

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: Партидул Патриотик дин Нистрения; russian: Патриотическая партия Приднестровья; uk, Патріотична Партія Придністров'я) was a

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History

The founding

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of the party was held on 4 August 2006, the most notable attendees of which were the Union of Defenders of Pridnestrovie, the Union of Afghan War Veterans and the Women's League of Pridnestrovie, who all merged into one political party along with a few other smaller groups. The merger was encouraged by Oleg Smirnov, the son of then-President

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, and the party later elected him chairman in an uncontested vote. A political council with 33 members was also created during the congress. In April 2010, the party agreed to a merger with another pro-Smirnov political party, the Republican Party (created on base of the

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NGO), to form the Social-Patriotic Party of Pridnestrovie. Vladimir Rylyakov, one of the leaders of the OSTK, became the leader of the new party.

References

External links

Patriotic Party of Pridnestrovie (official site)
Political parties in Transnistria Political parties established in 2006 Russophilic parties in Moldova {{Transnistria-stub