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Social Liberal Humanist Party Partidul Umanist Social Liberal
Abbreviation	PUSL
General Secretary	Toni Greblă
Spokesperson	Lavinia Șandru
Founder	Dan Voiculescu, Maria Grapini
Founded	28 September 2015 (2015-09-28)
Split from	Conservative Party
Headquarters	Piața Presei Libere nr. 1,Sector 1,Bucharest
Ideology	Humanism[1][2] Conservatism[3][4] Populism[5]
Political position	Centre[6]
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats[7][8]
Colors	Blue
Senate	0 / 134
Chamber of Deputies	3 / 330
European Parliament	1 / 33
Mayors	0 / 3,176
County Councillors	0 / 1,340
Local Council Councilors	0 / 39,900
Website
https://pusl.ro/
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TheSocial Liberal Humanist Party (Romanian:Partidul Umanist Social Liberal,PUSL), formerly Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) (Romanian:Partidul Puterii Umaniste (social-liberal),PPU-SL) is acentrist^[9]political party inRomania. It was founded in 2015 by members of theConservative Party (PC) who did not want to merge with theLiberal Reformist Party (PLR), led byCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu.^[10]

In the summer of 2015, the Conservative Party (PC), led byDaniel Constantin, merged with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), creating theAlliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE).^[11] At the same time, PCMEPMaria Grapini opposed this decision, criticizing the disappearance of the party's ideology and announced that she would join a new group, the Party of Humanist Power (PPU).

When it launched in 2015, the party claimed to have a centre-right political doctrine.^[12] Later, the party began to reject theleft-right political spectrum, promotingconservativehumanism and traditional values as the third way.^[13] The departure of several people from thePeople's Movement Party into the Social Liberal Humanist Party strengthened the conservative outlook of the party.^[14]

The party also had populist rhetoric centered around its former leader,Cristian Popescu Piedone.^[15]

PUSL memberNicolae Păun claimed that the party promoteshumanist,socialist andliberal values.^[16]

• Dan Voiculescu
• Lavinia Șandru
• Cristian Popescu Piedone
• Vlad Popescu
• Maria Grapini
• Liviu Pop^[17]
• Mugur Ciuvică^[18]
• Nicolae Păun
• Liviu Negoiță^[19]
• Gheorghe Ștefan^[20]
• Teodor Meleșcanu^[21]

In 2018, formerSector 4 mayor,Cristian Popescu Piedone join PPU and reentered politics,^[22] having previously been prosecuted for theColectiv nightclub fire back in 2015.^[23] He was accounted responsible and in 2019 sentenced to 8 years in prison, but the sentence was not decisive and was attacked by theBucharest Court of Appeal. With all the legal problems and controversy surrounding Piedone, PPU still endorsed him as candidate in the2016 Romanian local elections for mayor ofSector 4^[24] as well as in the2020 Romanian local elections for mayor ofSector 5, winning the latter.^[25]

PUSL has also been labeled by the press asDan Voiculescu's personal party, who has been described as thede facto leader of the party.^{[26][27][28][29]}

Notes:

¹ The MPs were elected on thePSD andALDE lists.^[30]

² The MPs were elected on thePSD list.

Note:
¹Gabriela Firea (PSD candidate) was endorsed by PPU.

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