Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România | |
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President | Hunor Kelemen |
Leader in the Senate | Lóránd Turos |
Leader in the Chamber of Deputies | Botond Csoma |
Founded | 25 December 1989[1] |
Headquarters | Bucharest (presidency) Cluj-Napoca (presidency and executive presidency)[2] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre-right[13] |
National affiliation | National Coalition for Romania (2021–2023) |
European affiliation | European People's Party |
European Parliament group | European People's Party Group |
International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
Senate | 10 / 136 |
Chamber of Deputies | 23 / 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 |
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Website | |
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The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (DAHR; Hungarian: Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ [ˈromaːnijɒji ˈmɒɟɒr ˈdɛmokrɒtɒ ˈsøvɛt͡ʃːeːɡ]; Romanian: Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România, UDMR) is a political party in Romania which aims to represent the significant Hungarian minority of Romania.[14]
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.[15]
The party is a member of the European People's Party and Centrist Democrat International.