National Liberal Party (Romania)

National Liberal Party
Partidul Național Liberal
AbbreviationPNL
PresidentIlie Bolojan
Secretary-GeneralLucian Bode (acting/ad interim)
SpokesmanIonuț-Marian Stroe
First-Vice PresidentsRareș Bogdan
Lucian Bode
Gheorghe Flutur
Iulian Dumitrescu
Leader in the SenateCătălin-Daniel Fenechiu
Leader in the Chamber of DeputiesFlorin Roman
Leader in the European ParliamentRareș Bogdan
Founded15 January 1990 (re-established after the Romanian Revolution)[1][2]
Preceded byNational Liberal Party
(1875–1947/1950)[3][4]
HeadquartersModrogan nr 1, Sector 1, Bucharest
Student wingLiberal Student Clubs (CSL)
Youth wingNational Liberal Youth (TNL)
Women's wingLiberal Women National Organisation (ONFL)
Membership (2018)c. 182,000[5]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[21]
National affiliationRomanian 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 affiliationEuropean People's Partyb[›]
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
Colours  Yellow
  Blue
SloganPrin 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)

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 2025, it is the third biggest party in the Romanian Parliament.[29]

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).

Presidents

Nº Name
Born - Died		 Portrait Term start Term end Duration Other offices held
1 Radu Câmpeanu1
(1922–2016)		 15 January 1990 28 February 1993 3 years, 1 month and 13 days Also served as state vice president in the Provisional Council of National Unity (Romanian: Consiliul Provizoriu de Uniune Națională) during the early 1990s[30]
2 Mircea Ionescu-Quintus2
(1917–2017)		 28 February 1993 18 February 2001 7 years, 11 months and 21 days Also served as Senate President
3 Valeriu Stoica
(1953– 		18 February 2001 24 August 2002 1 year, 6 months and 6 days
4 Theodor Stolojan
(1943– 		24 August 2002 2 October 2004 2 years, 1 month and 8 days Also served as Prime Minister
5 Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu3
(1952– 		2 October 2004 20 March 2009 4 years, 5 months and 18 days Also served as Prime Minister
6 Crin Antonescu4
(1959– 		20 March 2009 2 June 2014 5 years, 2 months and 13 days Also served as ad interim (i.e. acting) President
7 Klaus Iohannis
(1959– 		28 June 2014 18 December 2014 6 months and 16 days Also served as President
8 Vasile Blaga5
(1956– 		18 December 2014 28 September 2016 1 year, 9 months and 10 days Also served as Senate President when he was still in the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), closely to the end of his term also its leader/president.
Alina Gorghiu6
(1978– 		18 December 2014 12 December 2016 1 year, 11 months and 24 days Also served as acting/ad interim Senate President.
— Raluca Turcan
(acting)
(1976– 		13 December 2016 17 June 2017 6 months and 4 days
9 Ludovic Orban7
(1963– 		17 June 2017 25 September 2021 4 years, 3 months and 8 days Also served as Prime Minister, and Chamber of Deputies President
10 Florin Cîțu8
(1972– 		25 September 2021 2 April 2022 6 months and 8 days Also served as Prime Minister, and Senate President
— Gheorghe Flutur
(acting)
(1960– 		2 April 2022 10 April 2022 8 days Also served as Suceava County council President
11 Nicolae Ciucă9
(1967– 		10 April 2022 25 November 2024 2 years, 7 months and 15 days Also served as Prime Minister, and Senate President
— Ilie Bolojan10
(acting)
(1969– 		25 November 2024 12 February 2025 2 months and 18 days Currently serving as Prime Minister; also served as Bihor County council President, Senate President and as ad interim (i.e. acting) President
— Cătălin Predoiu
(acting)
(1968– 		12 February 2025 26 May 2025 3 months and 14 days
— Ilie Bolojan10
(acting)
(1969– 		26 May 2025 12 July 2025 1 month and 16 days
12 Ilie Bolojan10
(1969– 		12 July 2025[31] Incumbent 11 months and 17 days

Notes:

1 Câmpeanu had also subsequently served as Honorary Founding President of the party until his death.
2 Ionescu-Quintus had also subsequently served as Honorary President of the party, after the death of Câmpeanu in 2016.
3 Popescu-Tăriceanu had also subsequently served as Senate President between 2014 and 2019, firstly as independent (shortly after he left the PNL with a group of followers), then on behalf of the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), and finally from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), both political parties being PNL splinters (either in their entirety or in part).
4 Antonescu had also served as Senate President between 2012 and 2014.
5 Co-president along with Alina Gorghiu until 28 September 2016 when he resigned from this position.
6 Co-president along with Vasile Blaga until 28 September 2016. Afterwards, sole party leader until the end of her term.
Additionally, she had served as acting/ad interim Senate President from 29 June 2022 to 13 June 2023.
7 Orban had also served as Chamber President between December 2020 and October 2021, until he resigned.
8 Cîțu had also served as Senate President between 23 November 2021 and 29 June 2022, until he resigned.
9 Ciucă was the first military leader of the party in the entire history of the PNL. Additionally, he had also served as President of the Senate between 13 June 2023 and 23 December 2024.
10 Bolojan had also served as Senate President between 23 December 2024 and 12 February 2025, when he was instated as acting President after the resignation of former President Iohannis.

Presidency span (1990–present)

Ilie BolojanCătălin PredoiuIlie BolojanNicolae CiucăFlorin CîțuLudovic OrbanVasile BlagaKlaus IohannisCrin AntonescuCălin Popescu-TăriceanuTheodor Stolojan

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