National Liberal Party (Romania)

The Partidul Național Liberal (National Liberal Party) is a conservative liberal political party in Romania. It is a "historical" renewed liberal party in Romania. The party was founded in 1875 and re-founded in early 1990. In 2022, it was the second biggest party in the Romanian Parliament.^[29]

National Liberal Party Partidul Național Liberal
Abbreviation	PNL
President	Nicolae Ciucă
Secretary-General	Lucian Bode (acting/ad interim)
Spokesman	Ionuț-Marian Stroe
First-Vice Presidents	Rareș Bogdan Lucian Bode Gheorghe Flutur Iulian Dumitrescu
Leader in the Senate	Cătălin-Daniel Fenechiu
Leader in the Chamber of Deputies	Florin Roman
Leader in the European Parliament	Rareș Bogdan
Founded	15 January 1990 (re-established after the Romanian Revolution)[1][2]
Preceded by	National Liberal Party (1875–1947/1950)[3][4]
Headquarters	Modrogan nr 1, Sector 1, Bucharest
Student wing	Liberal Student Clubs (CSL)
Youth wing	National Liberal Youth (TNL)
Women's wing	Liberal Women National Organisation (ONFL)
Membership (2018)	253,895[5][better source needed]
Ideology	Conservative liberalism Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism Social conservatism[12]
Political position	Centre-right[21]
National affiliation	Romanian Democratic Convention (1991–1992; 1993–1999)[22] Justice and Truth Alliance (2003–2007) Centre Right Alliance (2011–2013) Social Liberal Union (2011–2014) Christian Liberal Alliance (2014) National Coalition for Romania (2021–present)
European affiliation	European People's Partyb[›]
International affiliation	Centrist Democrat International
European Parliament group	European People's Party
Colours	Yellow   Blue
Slogan	Prin noi înșine! ("Through Ourselves!")
Anthem	"Verde-nrourat"[23] "Dewy Green"
Senate	39 / 136 [24]
Chamber of Deputies	81 / 330 [25]
European Parliament	10 / 33 [26]
Mayors	1,232 / 3,176 [27]
County Presidents	17 / 41 [27]
County Councilors	474 / 1,340 [27]
Local Council Councilors	14,182 / 39,900 [27]
Ministers	7 / 21 [a]
Website
pnl.ro
a. ^ + the current Prime Minister [28] b. Previously a member of the Alliance for Europe of the Nations (until 2006) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (for the period 2007–2014)

In 2011, the National Liberal Party has joined a coalition with the Social Democrat Party called the "Social Liberal Union" which fell in 2014. On 26 July 2014, the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) formed an alliance with the National Liberal Party. The alliance was named the "Christian Liberal Alliance" (ACL).