The Braghiș Alliance () was a six-party centre-left political alliance in

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

History

The Alliance was formed by Prime Minister

Dumitru Braghiș Dumitru Braghiș (; born 28 December 1957) is a Moldovan politician, diplomat and economist. He is the current Moldovan Ambassador to China and Vietnam, appointed in mid-2020. He was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 1999 until 2001. Then, he wa ...

to contest the 2001 parliamentary elections. It consisted of six small centre-left parties; the Movement of Professionals "Hope", the New Force Movement, the Social Democracy Party "Ant", the

Socialist Party of Moldova The Socialist Party of Moldova () is a socialist political party in Moldova. It came second in the 1994 parliamentary election in alliance with the Unity Movement for Equality in Rights, the successor of the Pan-Soviet anti-independence movem ...

, the

Centrist Union of Moldova The Centrist Union of Moldova (, UCM) is a political party in Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bor ...

, and the Labour Party. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1334 The Alliance won 19 seats in the elections, emerging as the second-largest faction in Parliament behind the

Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova (, PCRM) is a communist party in Moldova led by Vladimir Voronin. It is the only communist party to have held a majority government in a post-Soviet state. It has been variously described as Com ...

, which won 71 seats. In 2003 the Social Democracy Party "Ant" (by then renamed the Social Democratic Alliance) joined the

Our Moldova Alliance The Our Moldova Alliance (, , AMN) was a social-liberal political party in Moldova led by Serafim Urechean, former mayor of Chișinău. It merged into the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM) during April 2011. History The Our Moldova Allia ...

.Partidul politic “Alianţa Moldova Noastră” (AMN)
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