National Liberal Party (Romania)
National Liberal Party Partidul Național Liberal | |
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| Abbreviation | PNL |
| President | Ilie Bolojan |
| Secretary-General | Dan Motreanu |
| Spokesman | Ionuț-Marian Stroe |
| First Vice Presidents | Adrian Veștea Cătălin Predoiu Nicoleta Pauliuc Ciprian Ciucu |
| Leader in the Senate | Cătălin-Daniel Fenechiu |
| Leader in the Chamber | Gabriel Andronache |
| Leader in the European Parliament | Rareș Bogdan |
| Founded | 15 January 1990[A] |
| Preceded by | National Liberal Party (historical) |
| Headquarters | Modrogan nr 1, Sector 1, Bucharest |
| Student wing | Liberal Student Clubs |
| Youth wing | National Liberal Youth |
| Women's wing | Liberal Women National Organisation |
| Membership (2023) | c. 182,000[1] |
| Ideology |
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| Political position | Centre-right[14] |
| National affiliation | Alliances
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| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party Group |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International International Democracy Union[15] |
| Colours | Yellow Blue |
| Senate | 22 / 134 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 49 / 330 |
| European Parliament | 8 / 33 |
| Mayors | 1,248 / 3,176[16] |
| County Presidents | 17 / 41[16] |
| County Councilors | 489 / 1,340[16] |
| Local Council Councilors | 12,767 / 39,900[16] |
| Ministers | 3 / 16 |
| Website | |
| pnl.ro | |
^ A: re-established after the Romanian Revolution[17][18] | |
The National Liberal Party (Romanian: Partidul Național Liberal, PNL) is a Christian democratic political party in Romania. As of mid 2025, it is the country's third largest political party overall. Re-founded in mid January 1990, shortly after the Revolution of 1989 which culminated in the fall of communism in Romania, it claims the legacy of the major political party of the same name, active between 1875 and 1947 in the Kingdom of Romania.
Based on this historical legacy, it often presents itself as the first formally constituted political party in the country and the oldest of its kind from the family of European liberal parties as well.[19]
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