Romanian Social Democratic Party (1927–1948)
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The Romanian Social Democratic Party (Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat Român, or Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) was a social-democratic political party in Romania. In the early 1920s, the Socialist Party of Romania split over the issue of affiliation with the Third International. The majority, which supported affiliation, evolved into the Communist Party of Romania in 1921, while the members who opposed the new orientation formed various political groupings, eventually reorganizing under a central leadership in 1927. From 1938 to 1944, the party was outlawed but remained active in clandestinity. After 1944, it allied with the Communists and eventually was forced to reunite with them to form the Workers' Party of Romania in 1948. It published the magazines Socialismul, Lumea Nouă, and Libertatea. After the end of the Communist single-party system in 1989, a group of former members created a new party which proclaimed itself the direct descendant of the PSD.
Romanian Social Democratic Party Partidul Social Democrat Român | |
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Abbreviation | PSDR |
Founded | 1927 |
Dissolved | 1948 |
Merged into | Romanian Workers' Party |
Succeeded by | Romanian Social Democratic Party (claimed, not the legal successor) |
Women's wing | Working Women's Union |
Ideology | Social democracy Democratic socialism Factions: Anti-communism |
Political position | Left-wing |
International affiliation | Labour and Socialist International |
Colors | Red |
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