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The National Democratic Party ( ro, Partidului Naţional Democrat) is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
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who served as president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011.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
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Fo ...
. It subsequently merged with the National Liberal Party (PNL).


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* {{Authority control 2015 establishments in Romania Conservative parties in Romania Liberal parties in Romania Political parties established in 2015