Romanian National Unity Party Partidul Unității Națiunii Române
President	Mircea Chelaru
Founder	Gheorghe Funar
Founded	1990
Dissolved	2006
Merged into	Conservative Party
Ideology	1990-2002: Romanianultranationalism[1] Christian right Neoliberalism[2] National conservatism Social conservatism Anti-Hungarian sentiment 2002-2006: Moderate nationalism Social liberalism[3] Christian democracy[4] Pro-Europeanism[5]
Political position	1990-2002: Right-wing tofar-right[6] 2002-2006: Centre-right toright-wing
National affiliation	Alliance for Romanian Unity (1990) Red Pentagon (1992-1996)
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TheRomanian National Unity Party (Romanian:Partidul Unităţii Naţionale a Românilor, PUNR) was anationalistpolitical party in Romania between 1990 and 2006.^[7]

The PUNR was the firstnationalist party in post-communist Romania, created in 1990, withGheorghe Funar emerging as its leader. In the1990 general elections the party ran as part of theAlliance for Romanian Unity (AUR) alongside theRepublican Party (PR).^[8] The alliance received 2.1% of theChamber of Deputies vote in the1990 general elections, winning nine seats. It also received 2.2% of theSenate vote, winning two seats.^[9]

Funar went on to become mayor ofCluj-Napoca. In that office, he would promote Romanian national symbols, especially theblue, yellow and red flag, throughout the city. He was the party's candidate for president in the1992 general elections, finishing third with 11% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections the PUNR emerged as the fourth-largest party inParliament, winning 14 seats in the Senate and 30 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Funar was the party's presidential candidate again in the1996 elections, but finished sixth in a field of 16 candidates, receiving only 3.2% of the vote. The PUNR also lost seats in Parliament, being reduced to seven Senate seats and 18 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. The party did not nominate a presidential candidate in the2000 elections, which saw its vote share fall to just 1.4%, resulting in it failing to cross the electoral threshold, losing its parliamentary representation.

Its last leader was former GeneralMircea Chelaru. Under his leadership, the party became more moderate.^[10] On 12 February 2006, the PUNR was absorbed into theConservative Party (PC).

Notes:

• Democratic Agrarian Party of Romania
• Democratic National Salvation Front
• Greater Romania Party
• Romanian Hearth Union
• Social Democracy Party of Romania

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