National Peasants' Party

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The National Peasants' Party (Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc or PNŢ) was a Romanian political party, formed in 1926 through the fusion of the Romanian National Party (Partidul Naţional Român) from Transylvania and the Peasants' Party (Partidul Ţărănesc). It was in power between 1928 and 1933, with brief interruptions. A moderately conservative party, it was staunchly pro-Monarchy.

Many thousands of its members were imprisoned when the party was banned by the Communist government in 1947, and both party leader Iuliu Maniu and deputy leader Ion Mihalache died in jail.

The party was resurrected by Corneliu Coposu and Ion Raţiu, in December 1989 under the name Partidul Naţional Ţărănesc Creştin şi Democrat (PNŢCD or PNŢcd, Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party). It was the first officially registered political party after the fall of Communism.

In March 2005, PNŢCD voted to change its name to Christian-Democratic People's Party (Partidul Popular Creştin-Democrat, PPCD).Template:Euro-party-stub Template:Romania-stub

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