The National Liberal Party–Tătărescu (, PNL-Tătărescu) was a

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and

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in the

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and then in the

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. It was established as a breakaway faction (or spin off) from the main, historical National Liberal Party (PNL) in 1944. From December 1947 onwards, the party was generally referred to as the National Liberal Party–Bejan (PNL-Bejan), as initial leader (or party president)

Gheorghe Tătărescu Gheorghe I. Tătărescu (also known as ''Guță Tătărescu'', with a slightly antiquated pet form of his given name; 2 November 1886 – 28 March 1957) was a Romanian politician who served twice as Prime Minister of Romania (1934–1937; 1939– ...

resigned from the party and was replaced by the party's second and last leader,

Petre Bejan Petre Bejan (January 2, 1896 – September 6, 1978) was a Romanian engineer and politician. Biography Background and early career Born in Ploiești, Bejan was descended from a family of educators from Monor village in Transylvania’s Bistr ...

, before being banned or dissolved by the Communist authorities in 1950.

History

The party resulted from a split in the National Liberal Party (PNL), with the faction centered around

, former twice

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(both as PNL member and as FRN member), the party's general secretary, establishing a distinct party organisation in late 1944 (the other breakway faction of the PNL, which supported its own party president in the person Gheorghe I. Brătianu, was consequently known as PNL-Brătianu, but ceased to exist in 1938). In April 1946, the party opted to join the pro-governmental Bloc of Democratic Parties (BPD).The History of the Soviet Bloc 1945–1991: A Chronology: Part 1, 1945–1952
Cold War History Research Center At the November 1946 elections, the Bloc won 347 of the 414 seats, with the PNL-T taking 75.

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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1610 In the

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, the party ran separately as PNL-Bejan, in opposition to the Communist governmental coalition led by

Petru Groza Petru Groza (7 December 1884 – 7 January 1958) was a Romanian politician, best known as the first Prime Minister of Romania, Prime Minister of the Romanian Communist Party, Communist Party-dominated government under Soviet Union, Soviet Sovie ...

and only receiving 7 seats in the '' Great National Assembly'' (), the

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back then and the equivalent of the nowadays

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. The party was subsequently banned (or dissolved) by the Romanian Communist authorities in 1950. In stark contrast to the breakaway faction led by Tătărescu and then by Bejan, the main, historical PNL which was led by its last president,

Dinu Brătianu Dinu Brătianu (; January 13, 1866 – August 20, 1950), born Constantin I. C. Brătianu, was a Romanian engineer and politician who led the National Liberal Party (PNL) starting in 1934. Life Early career He was born at the estate of ''Flo ...

, until it was banned (or dissolved) by the Romanian Communist authorities as well (early on in 1948), remained staunchly anti-governmental and in continuous opposition towards the Communists led by Groza.

Leadership

Election results

Parliament

Notes

References

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