National Peasants' Party

National Peasants' Party Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc
Last leader	Corneliu Coposu
Former president	Iuliu Maniu
Founded	6 June 1927
Dissolved	1948
Merger of	Romanian National Party and Peasants' Party
Succeeded by	Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (1989)
Ideology	Conservatism Left-wing politics (factions)Monarchism
Dissolved by	Communist Authorities
Politics of Romania Political parties Elections

The National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc or PNŢ) was a Romanian political party, formed in 1926^[1] through the fusion of the Romanian National Party (Partidul Naţional Român) from Transylvania and the Peasants' Party (Partidul Ţărănesc). It was in power between 1928 and 1933, with brief interruptions. 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] PNŢ 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 PNŢ members Corneliu Coposu and Ion Raţiu founded a new party in December 1989 under the name Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin şi Democrat – PNŢCD or PNŢcd). It was the first officially registered political party after the fall of Communism.

Notable members

• Iuliu Maniu
• Ion Mihalache
• Alexandru Vaida Voevod
• Virgil Madgearu
• Ion Raţiu
• Corneliu Coposu
• Ioan Alexandru

References

1. ^ Ioan Scurtu, Viaţa Politică din România 1918–1914 ("Political Life in Romania 1918–1914"), 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).
2. ^ (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.
3. ^ (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.

External links

• (Romanian) History of the National Peasants' Party

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