The National Democratic Party ( ro, Partidului Naţional Democrat) is a

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in Romania formed on 26 February 2015 by parliamentarians of the now defunct

People's Party – Dan Diaconescu The People's Party – Dan Diaconescu ( ro, Partidul Poporului – Dan Diaconescu; abbreviated PP-DD) was a populist political party in Romania created in 2011 by television presenter Dan Diaconescu. In June 2015 it merged into the National Uni ...

(PP-DD). The PP-DD later officially merged with the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) after its leader Diaconescu was arrested and sentenced for extortion. The leader of the party's group in the

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was lawyer

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. It previously had a cooperation agreement with the

Romanian Social Party The Romanian Social Party ( ro, Partidul Social Românesc, PSRO) was a centre-left politics, centre-left List of political parties in Romania, political party in Romania. It was founded in March 2015 by a number of former Social Democratic Party ...

(PSRO) which was led by

Mircea Geoană Dan Mircea Geoană (; born 14 July 1958) is a Romanian politician and former ambassador who served as president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011. From 21 ...

, ex-president of the

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. It subsequently merged with the National Liberal Party (PNL).

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