People's Democratic Front (Romania)

The People's Democratic Front (Romanian: Frontul Democrației Populare, FDP, Hungarian: Országos Demokrata Arcvonal) was an electoral alliance in Romania from 1944 to 1968, dominated by the Romanian Communist Party (PCR). It formed the government of Romania from 1946 to 1968, and from 1948 onward was effectively the only legal political organization in the country.

People's Democratic Front
Frontul Democrației Populare
LeaderAnton Alexandrescu,
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej,
Petru Groza,
Gyárfás Kurkó,
M. H. Maxy,
Lothar Rădăceanu,
Gheorghe Vlădescu-Răcoasa,
Ștefan Voitec
FoundedOctober 1944
(as National Democratic Front)
Dissolved1968
Succeeded byFront of Socialist Unity
HeadquartersBucharest
IdeologyLeft-wing populism
Internal factions:
  Agrarian socialism
  Communism
  Marxism-Leninism
  Stalinism
  Social democracy
  Left-wing nationalism
(Romanian; Hungarian)
  Anti-Zionism
Political positionCentre-left to far-left
Colours
  •   Blue (customary)
  •     Blue, Yellow, Red (Romanian flag)
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