page_title: Democratic Party of Moldova
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Democratic Party of Moldova / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Im beigen Gebäude links das Hauptquartier der Partidul Democrat din Moldova, Strada București 90. Im 5. OG. des Hauses mit Glasfassade (“National Business Centre”) ist die japanische Botschaft in Moldau (在モルドバ日本国大使館). English: Headqarters of the social-democratic Partidul Democrat din Moldova in Chişinău in the building on the left. The Japanese embassy is on the 5th floor of the glass-fronted building (National Business Centre, 73/1, Stefan cel Mare Blvd.) Română: Sediul Central al Partidului Liberal Democrat din Moldova (PLDM), Strada București 90. Ambasada Japoniei în Republica Moldova.
context_page_description: The Democratic Party of Moldova is a political party in the Republic of Moldova. The party was established in 1997 and it is an associate member of the Party of European Socialists and is a full member of the Socialist International.
  According to its statute, the DPM pleads that Moldova is an independent, sovereign, and democratic state, based on law and integrated in the united family of European democracies.
context_section_description: The party was established on 8 February 1997 as the Movement for a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova (MDPM). On 17 October 1998 at the Congress, the leadership of the party was chosen and the status and political program based on the principles of social democracy was adopted. In parliamentary elections of March 1998, the electoral bloc formed on the basis of the Movement – the Bloc for a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova – won over 18% of the votes and 24 seats in Parliament respectively, which allowed it to participate in governance, within the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR). From 1997 until the summer of 2009, the party was led by Dumitru Diacov, who, within 1997–2001, held the position of Chairman of Parliament. In 1999, Ion Sturza, the MDPM representative, was appointed for the position of the Prime Minister.
  On 15 April 2000, at the Congress of the Movement for a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova was changed its name to the Democratic Party of Moldova. In parliamentary elections of February 2001, the DPM won 79,757 votes (5.02%) but failed to overcome the 6% electoral threshold. On 25 May 2003, at the local elections, the party won over 8.3% of the votes and took good position in the country.
  On 22 November 2003, at the Congress the new objectives of the party were set. One of the core document that was adopted at the Congress was the new edition of the political program, where the party declares an immutable character of its scopes and principals. At the Congress, the Democratic Party declared the intention to become a member of Socialist International and the Resolution on relationships between Democratic Party of Moldova and the trade union movement was adopted. On 8 May 2004, in respond to the voters' expectations regarding strengthening the reforming and democratic forces, the Democratic Party of Moldova, the Alliance “Our Moldova” and Social and Liberal Party (SLP) established the Democratic Moldova Block (DMB).
  Following the parliamentary elections held on 6 March 2005, the DPM won 8 seats in the parliament, being the only party which had lost the election in 2001 and came back in the parliament in 2005. In October 2007, the SLP MPs joined the DPM's parliamentary group and the number of democrats increased to 11, thus, the DPM became at that time the third political force in the Parliament.
  After merging of the PDM with the Social-Liberal Party, which took place at the Congress on 10 February 2008, Dumitru Diacov was re-elected as a chairman of the party, and former SLP leader Oleg Serebrian became the deputy chairman.  The PDM's party hymn became the Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", which symbolizes the pro-European vector of the party and its adhesion to the European federalist flow. On 19 July 2009, Marian Lupu was elected as party chairman at the Extraordinary Congress of the PDM.
  On 5 April 2009 at the Parliamentary elections the Democratic Party won only 2.97% of votes, and remained out of the Parliament.
  In the 29 July 2009 elections, the DPM won 13 seats, and became in a very short time one out of four components of the Alliance for European Integration (AEI) that gained the majority at the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova. Marian Lupu, the DPM's candidate, was delegated as the candidate of the Alliance for European Integration for the position of the President of the Republic of Moldova at the elections held on 10 November and 7 December 2009 but did not gain enough votes.
  Following the early parliamentary elections of 28 November 2010, the DPM won 15 seats in the Parliament and became one out of three components of the AEI -2.
  At the early 2013, following the resonant case “Pădurea Domnească” (Reign Forest) the alliance fell apart. In May 2013, DPM (with 15 MPs), the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (31 MPs) and the Liberal Reformist Party (7 MPS) established the new governing coalition - the Pro-European Coalition.
  Following the parliamentary elections of 30 November 2014, the DPM won 15.8% and formed the pro-European governing coalition, having 19 MPs in the Parliament of the Republic 
caption: Party Headquarters in Chişinău, Strada București 90.
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