Romanian ethnic minority parties

National Minorities Parliamentary Group Grupul parlamentar al minorităților naționale
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
Political position	Big tent
Chamber of Deputies	18 / 330
Website
Group page on the Chamber of Deputies website
Politics of Romania Political parties Elections

The Romanian Constitution (Article 62), under the conditions imposed by the Electoral Law, provides seats in the Chamber of Deputies for the party and cultural association of ethnic minorities in Romania (with the limitation that each national minority is to be represented by one organization only). Minority parties and associations 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.

The minority parties and associations are aligned within the National Minority Parliamentary Group (Romanian: Grupul parlamentar al minorităților naționale) in the Chamber of Deputies, and traditionally, these groups support the government in power. The number of seats awarded to ethnic minorities varied from 10 in 1990 to 18 between 2000 and 2016, and once more since 2020 onwards.

List of parties

The following parties have held seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In addition to the below, the ethnically-based Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ) has been playing a significant role in the country's local and central politics, competing in elections under the essentially same manner as non-ethnic parties.

Lastly, a number of political parties represented Romania's ethnic minorities—particularly Hungarians, Germans, and Jews—until 1938 and, in the case of the Hungarian People's Union (MNSZ/UPM or MADOSZ), until 1953.

Active

• Association of Italians of Romania
• Association of Macedonians of Romania
• Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania
• Community of the Lipovan Russians in Romania
• Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania
• Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania
• Democratic Turkish Union of Romania
• Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs of Romania
• Democratic Union of Turkish-Muslim Tatars of Romania
• Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania
• Hellenic Union of Romania
• League of Albanians of Romania
• Party of the Roma
• Union of Armenians of Romania
• Union of Croatians of Romania
• Union of Poles of Romania
• Union of Serbs of Romania
• Union of the Ukrainians of Romania

Defunct

• Bratstvo Community of Bulgarians in Romania (defunct)
• Cultural Union of Albanians of Romania (defunct)