The evolution of the leadership in the SPD Cover Image

Modificarea componenței structurilor centrale de conducere ale PDSR/PSD
The evolution of the leadership in the SPD

Author(s): Florin Ciornei
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Recent History (1900 till today), Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: democracy; political parties; post-communism;

Summary/Abstract: The article follows the evolution of political structures and leadership in the Romanian Social-Democrat Party (SDP), in the postcommunist political life and system. Founded by Ion Iliescu, now president of Romania, the "ancestor" of the SDP was the National Salvation Front, born during the revolutionary days of December '89. During the transitional years, the party suffered several transformations and mutations both on the structural and on the ideological level, but the central characters attached to the life of the party remained mainly the same. The study follows some of the major political changes reflected by the evolution of the party itself and the implications of some important political figures, as well as the changes of the parliamentary representation of the present SDP.

  • Issue Year: 4/2004
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 105-158
  • Page Count: 54
  • Language: Romanian