National Peasants' Party

This article is about the Romanian political party. For the Hungarian political party, see National Peasant Party (Hungary).

National Peasants' Party Partidul Național Țărănesc
Last president	Iuliu Maniu
Founded	10 October 1926
Dissolved	1948
Merger of	Romanian National Party and Peasants' Party
Succeeded by	Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (1989)
Ideology	Monarchism Agrarianism Conservatism Social corporatism
Political position	Centre-right
Dissolved by	Communist Authorities
Politics of Romania Political parties Elections

The National Peasants' Party (Partidul Național Țărănesc or PNȚ) was a Romanian political party, formed in 1926^[1] through the fusion of the Romanian National Party (Partidul Național Român) from Transylvania and the Peasants' Party (Partidul Țărănesc) from the prewar kingdom. It was in power for most of the time between 1928 and 1933 with longtime leader Iuliu Maniu as prime minister. A moderately conservative party, with some left-wing corporatist views (supporting, for instance, voluntary cooperative farming), it remained staunchly pro-monarchy.^[2]

A former member, Corneliu Coposu, claimed that 270,000^[3] PNȚ members were sent to prisons and work camps, where three quarters of them perished, beginning in 1947 when the party was banned by the Communist government following the Tămădău Affair. Both party president Iuliu Maniu and deputy leader Ion Mihalache died in prison during the Communist regime.

Former PNȚ members Corneliu Coposu and Ion Rațiu founded a new party in December 1989 under the name Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin și Democrat, PNȚCD or PNȚcd). It was the first officially registered political party after the fall of Communism.

Notable members

References

↑ Ioan Scurtu, Viața Politică din România 1918–1944 ("Political Life in Romania 1918–1944"), Editura Albatros, Bucharest, 1982 indicates the Romanian National Party and the National Peasants' Party as the leading opposition parties coming out of the 4 January 1926 election (p.102); by 6 June 1927 there was a single merged party (p. 103).
↑ (Romanian) "PNTCD gandeste revenirea la monarhie prin Printul Nicolae" ("PNTCD Mulls the Restoration of the Monarchy through Prince Nicholas"), Ziua, March 1, 2002. Accessed online 18 October 2006.
↑ (Romanian) Cristian Patrasconiu, "Victime pentru Basescu: Episodul 1: Teroarea cu randament maxim" ("Victims for Băsescu - Episode 1: Maximum Efficiency Terror"), Cotidianul, October 10, 2006. Accessed online 18 October 2006.

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(Romanian) History of the National Peasants' Party

Historical political parties in Romania (1856–1947)

Liberal	National Liberal Party Free and Independent Faction National Liberal Party-Brătianu National Liberal Party–Tătărescu

Conservative	Conservative Party Constitutional Party Conservative-Democratic Party People's Party Romanian National Party Progressive Conservative Party Vlad Țepeș League

Agrarian	Agrarian League Agrarian Union Party Democratic Peasants' Party–Stere Democratic Peasants' Party–Lupu Bessarabian Peasants' Party League Against Usury National Agrarian Party National Peasants' Party National Peasants' Party–Alexandrescu Peasants' Party Peasants' Party–Lupu Ploughmen's Front Radical Peasants' Party Socialist Peasants' Party Transylvanian Peasants' Party

Fascist, corporatist, and far right	Iron Guard Romanian Action Crusade of Romanianism National-Christian Defense League National Christian Party National Fascist Movement National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement National Renaissance Front National Romanian Fascio National Socialist Party Romanian Front

Socialist, communist, and social democratic	Romanian Social Democratic Workers' Party Social Democratic Party of Romania Labor Party Socialist Party of Romania Social Democratic Party of Bukovina Socialist Party of Transylvania Banat Socialist Party Romanian Communist Party Federation of Socialist Parties from Romania Peasant Workers' Bloc Romanian Social Democratic Party Socialist Workers Party of Romania

Nationalist	Democratic Nationalist Party Democratic Union Party National Party National Union from Banat

Ethnic minority	Hungarian German Bloc Hungarian People's Party Hungarian People's Union Hungarian Union Magyar Party National Democratic Hungarian-Szekler Party German Party German People's Party Group of Transylvanian Saxons Jewish National People's Party General Jewish Labour Bund in Romania Jewish Party Ukrainian National Party Ukrainian Workers' Party of Romania

Other	Union of Patriots/National Popular Party

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