Social Democratic Party (Romania)

Social Democratic Party Partidul Social Democrat
Abbreviation	PSD
President	Marcel Ciolacu
Secretary-General	Paul Stănescu
First-Vice Presidents	Gabriela Firea Sorin Grindeanu
Honorary President	Ion Iliescu
Leader in the Senate	Lucian Romașcanu
Leader in the Chamber of Deputies	Alfred Simonis
Leader in the European Parliament	Dan Nica
Founded	10 July 1993 (1993-07-10) (PDSR) 16 June 2001 (2001-06-16) (merger)
Merger of	PDSR PSDR
Preceded by	Democratic National Salvation Front (PDSR predecessor)
Headquarters	Șoseaua Kiseleff 10 Bucharest
Youth wing	TSD
Women's wing	OFSD
Membership (2014[needs update])	509,000[needs update]
Ideology	Social democracy[1] Left-wing nationalism[2][3][4] Left-wing populism[4][5][6] Social conservatism[7][8][9] Soft Euroscepticism[10][11][12][13]
Political position	Centre-left[14]
National affiliation	Red Quadrilateral (1992–1996) Social Democratic Pole of Romania (2000–2004) Social Liberal Union (2011–2014) Centre Left Alliance (2012–2014) National Coalition for Romania (2021–present)
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists
International affiliation	Progressive Alliance Socialist International
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colours	Red
Senate	47 / 136 [a][15]
Chamber of Deputies	108 / 330 [b][16]
European Parliament	8 / 33 [17]
Mayors	1,362 / 3,176 [18]
County Presidents	20 / 41 [18]
County Councilors	362 / 1,340 [18]
Local Council Councilors	13,820 / 39,900 [18]
Ministers	10 / 21 [c]
Website
psd.ro
a. ^ 1 senator from PUSL in PSD parliamentary group b. ^ 4 deputies from PUSL in PSD parliamentary group c. ^ + a Deputy Prime Minister

The Social Democratic Party is a big political party in Romania. It started in January of 2001.It has been in a political association called "Uniunea Socială Liberală" along with the National Liberal Party that in 2014 has ended. Now it is in association with PC and UNPR (commonly known as USD).

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