2007 and 2008; Eduard Hellvig, Member of the European Parliament and current Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI); Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, former Prime Minister of Romania (February–May, 2012) and Head of the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE); Sorin Frunzăverde, former President of the Caraș-Severin County Council, former MEP, former Minister of Environment, former Minister of Tourism, and former Minister of Defence; Radu Câmpeanu, first president of the party after the 1989 Revolution; Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, second president of the party after the Romanian Revolution, serving between 1993 and 2001, former President of the Senate, and former Minister of Justice; Nicolae Enescu, former Romanian MP and one of the 12 re-founding members of the PNL in January 1990; Sorin Bottez, former vice-president of the National Liberal Youth, honorary founding member of PNL and former Minister-Delegate of Public Information in the Ciorbea Cabinet; Alexandru Paleologu, essayist, literary critic, and diplomat; Theodor Paleologu, historian and diplomat; Neagu Djuvara, historian and diplomat; Petre Țuțea, philosopher; Nicolae Manolescu, literary critic; Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, former Prime Minister and former President of the Senate; Bogdan Olteanu, former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania; Teodor Meleșcanu, former Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Foreign Minister and Minister of National Defence; Mircea Diaconu, former Minister of Culture and member of the European Parliament, actor; Mihai Stănișoară, former Minister of National Defence; Norica Nicolai, former MEP; Renate Weber, former MEP, former ombudsman between 2019 and 2021, jurist; Victor Ciorbea, former Prime Minister between 1996 and 1998 and former ombudsman between 2014 and 2019; Ramona Mănescu, former MEP and former Minister of Transport; Ovidiu Silaghi, former Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises and former Minister of Transport; Radu Stroe, former Minister of Interior; Viorel Cataramă, businessman and former senator; Dinu Patriciu - businessman and architect; Sorin Paliga, former mayor of Sector 3 in Bucharest. Electoral history Legislative elections Notes: 1 The members of the CDR were the PNȚCD (with 25 senators and 81 deputies), the PNL, the PNL-CD (with 1 senator and 4 deputies), the PAR (with 3 senators and 3 deputies), the PER (with 1 senator and 5 deputies), and the Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER - with 1 senator and 1 deputy). 2 The members of the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) alliance were the PNL and the PD (with 21 senators and 48 deputies). 3 The Social Liberal Union (USL) was a larger political alliance comprising two