Liberal Party (Moldova)

Liberal Party
Liberal Party; Partidul Liberal
President	Mihai Ghimpu
Founder	Anatol Şalaru
Founded	5 September 1993
Headquarters	Chişinău
Ideology	Conservative liberalism,; Classical liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Alliance for European Integration
International affiliation	None
European affiliation	European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party
Official colours	Blue, Yellow
Parliament
District Presidents
Website
	http://www.pl.md/
	Politics of Moldova; Political parties; Elections

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The Liberal Party (Romanian: Partidul Liberal, PL; Russian: Либеральная партия) is a conservative-liberal^[1]^[2] political party in Moldova.

The president of the party is Mihai Ghimpu. His nephew Dorin Chirtoacă is its vice-president.

[edit] History

In the 1993, Anatol Şalaru created Party of Reform, now Liberal Party. In 1997 Mihai Ghimpu was elected as chairman of the Party of Reform. Until April 2005, the party had a Christian democratic electoral platform.^[3]

The European Action Movement (Romanian: Mişcarea Acţiunea Europeană, MAE) merged into the party in March 2011.^[4]

[edit] Electoral results

In 1998 polls, the party obtained only 0.54% and failed to pass the electoral threshold of 4%. The Party of Reform didn't participate in 2001 polls and 2005 polls.

In the local elections of 2007 the party gained 18.31% in Chişinău municipality and 11 seats in the Chişinău Municipal Council. Its vice-president, Chirtoacă, became the Mayor of Chişinău.

[edit] 2009 elections

Main articles: Moldovan parliamentary election, April 2009 and Moldovan parliamentary election, July 2009

The party obtained 13.13% of the votes at the Moldovan parliamentary election, April 2009, equating to 15 out of 101 MPs. At the elections called in July later that same year the Liberal Party obtained 14.68% of the national vote and 15 out of 101 MPs maintaining its representation in parliament of 15 MPs and increasing its percentage of the national vote by 1.6%.

After the July 2009 parliamentary election, the party became a political force within the Alliance for European Integration along with the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, Democratic Party of Moldova and Party Alliance Our Moldova.

Results since 1994 (year links to election page)
Polls	Type of Election	Votes	%	MPs
1994	Parliament	41,980	2.36	0
1998	Parliament	8,844	0.54	0
2001	Parliament	0	0	0
2005	Parliament	0	0	0
2009 (April)	Parliament	201,879	13.13	15
2009 (July)	Parliament	232,108	14.68	15
2010	Parliament	171,445	9.96	12