The Romanian Democratic Convention (; abbreviated CDR) was an electoral alliance of several democratic, anti-Communist, anti-totalitarian, and centre-right political parties in Romania, active from 1991 until 2000. The most prominent leaders of the CDR throughout the 1990s were by far Corneliu Coposu, Ion Rațiu, and Ion Diaconescu, all three members of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD) - successor and political heir to the National Peasants' Party (PNȚ), active in the Kingdom of Romania between 1926 and 1948). The name of the CDR was coined by Sergiu Cunescu, the leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR), as stated in a late 1990s interview by former PNL re-founding president Radu Câmpeanu at Marius Tucă Show by talk show journalist Marius Tucă. History Political composition The core members of the CDR included the following political parties: Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD): (1991–2001); Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER): (1991–2001); Romanian Ecologist Party (PER): (1991–2000); Civic Alliance Party (PAC): (1991–1995); Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSDR): (1991–1995); Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ): (1991–1992, 1992–1995); National Liberal Party (PNL): (1991–1992, 1993–1999); National Liberal Party-Democratic Convention (PNL-CD): (1992–1997); National Liberal Party-Youth Wing (PNL-AT): (1992–1993); Liberal Party '93 (PL ’93): (1993–1995); Union of Right-leaning Forces (PAR, then UFD): 1996–2001; National Christian Democratic Alliance (ANCD): (1999–2001); The Moldavians' Party (PM): (1999–2001). Eventually, some parties left (more specifically, the main faction of the PNL between 1992 and 1996, as well as the PAC, PSDR, and UDMR/RMDSZ in 1995), while other minor parties joined or were created between mergers within the alliance such as the Liberal Party '93 (PL '93) or the Union of Right-leaning Forces (UFD). 1991–1992: Foundation CDR was founded in 1991, one year before the 1992 elections, mainly by the PNŢCD and the National Liberal Party (PNL). In addition, aside from the aforementioned political forces, several other noteworthy civic and cultural organisations, foundations, and other minor political parties were involved in the foundational process. Initially, the planned name of the CDR was "The National Convention for Democracy Implementation" (). Subsequently, the main purpose of the CDR was to amount an effective opposition against the then all-dominating National Salvation Front (FSN), a huge parliamentary bloc made up mostly of former second and third rank members of the Romanian Communist Party (PCR), which assumed leadership of the country shortly after the 1989 Revolution. According to a later interview by Emil Constantinescu, the former President of