Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania

Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség
Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România
PresidentHunor Kelemen
Leader in the SenateLóránd Turos [ro]
Leader in the Chamber of DeputiesBotond Csoma
Founded25 December 1989[1]
HeadquartersBucharest (presidency)
Cluj-Napoca (presidency and executive presidency)[2]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[11]
National affiliationNational Coalition for Romania (CNR) (2021–2023)
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (EPP)
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party Group (EPP Group)
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International (CDI)
Senate
9 / 136
Chamber of Deputies
20 / 330
European Parliament
2 / 33
Mayors
200 / 3,176
County Presidents
4 / 41
County Councilors
104 / 1,340
Local Council Councilors
2,526 / 39,900
Party flag
Flag of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
Website
www.dahr.ro

The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR; Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ; Romanian: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) is a political party in Romania which aims to represent the significant Hungarian minority of Romania.[12]

Officially considering itself a federation of minority interests rather than a party,[1] from the 1990 general elections onwards the DAHR has had parliamentary representation in the Romanian Senate and Chamber of Deputies. From 1996 onwards the DAHR has been a junior coalition partner in several governments. It has been described as having close ties with Hungary’s socially-conservative longtime ruling Fidesz party and, implicitly, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.[13]

The party is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and Centrist Democrat International (CDI).

  1. ^ a b James P. Niessen (2005). "Romania". In Richard C. Frucht (ed.). Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 767. ISBN 978-1-57607-800-6.
  2. ^ UDMR statute Archived 29 May 2003 at the Wayback Machine (in Hungarian); UDMR contacts Archived 14 May 2003 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
  3. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Romania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Legătura stranie dintre Viktor Orbán şi UDMR". 27 February 2019.
  5. ^ "UDMR mizează pe transilvanism - Hunor Kelemen a primit o nou mandat de președinte". May 2023.
  6. ^ "Transilvanismul şi Centenarul | Agenția de presă Rador". 8 August 2017.
  7. ^ Liberă, Europa (23 February 2019). "Cum vede UDMR viitorul Transilvaniei". Europa Liberă România.
  8. ^ "Senatul a adoptat tacit un proiect de lege anti-LGBT depus de șapte parlamentari UDMR și similar celui din Ungaria lui Viktor Orban".
  9. ^ "Varujan Vosganian (PNL): Harghita si Covasna nu pot trai autonom pentru ca sunt sarace si depind de Bucuresti".
  10. ^ Terry, Chris (19 May 2014). "Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR)". The Democratic Society. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019.
  11. ^ Păun, Nicolae; Ciceo, Georgiana; Domuţa, Dorin (2009). "Religious Interactions of the Romanian Political Parties. Case Study: The Christian-Democratic Connection". Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies. 8 (24): 104–132.
  12. ^ Zoltan Kantor (2008). "Institutionalizing nationalism". In Andrew M. Blasko; Diana Januauskiene (eds.). Political Transformation and Changing Identities in Central and Eastern Europe. CRVP. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-56518-246-2.
  13. ^ Necșuțu, Mădălin (16 February 2022). "Romanian Hungarians Advocate Laws to Stop 'Gender Ideology Assault'". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 7 September 2022.