Parliamentary Group of National Minorities Grupul parlamentar al minorităților naționale | |
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| Abbreviation | GPMN |
| Leader | Varujan Pambuccian (UAR) |
| Vice Leader | Giureci-Slobodan Ghera (UCR) |
| Secretary | Ognean Crîstici (USR) |
| Founded | 18 June 1990 (1990-06-18) |
| Ideology | National minority interests Factions Christian democracy (DFDR/FDGR and UDSCR) Conservative liberalism (DFDR/FDGR) Social democracy (PRPE) |
| Political position | Big tent Factions Centre-right (DFDR/FDGR and UDSCR) Centre-left (PRPE) |
| Chamber of Deputies | 19 / 331 |
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| Group page on the Chamber of Deputies website | |
TheRomanian Constitution (Article 62) provides seats in theChamber of Deputies for representatives ofethnic minorities in Romania (with the limitation that each national minority is to be represented by one organization only). Minority organizations are exempt from the electoral threshold, and are guaranteed a seat so long as they earn at least 10% of the vote that was required for the last party eligible to earn a seat through the threshold.[citation needed]
The representatives elected in this manner sit in theParliamentary Group of National Minorities (Romanian:Grupul parlamentar al minorităților naționale) in the Chamber of Deputies; the Group traditionally giveconfidence and supply to the government.[1] The number of seats awarded to ethnic minorities varied from 10 in1990 to 19 since2024 onwards.
The following are members of the National Minority Parliamentary Group which hold or formerly held a seat in theChamber of Deputies. Beyond the groups sitting in Parliament based on the minority party exemption, theDemocratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Romanian:Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România,Hungarian:Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ) is a centre-right party representing the much largerHungarian community. It has been represented in both the Chamber of Deputies and Senate continuously since 1990 competing as an ordinary party.
Previously, a number of political parties represented Romania's ethnic minorities—particularlyHungarians,Germans, andJews—until the suppression of all political parties other than the rulingNational Renaissance Front in 1938. Some minority organizations allied to theRomanian Communist Party, such as theHungarian People's Union andJewish Democratic Committee, survived until their suppression in 1953.
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