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{{Infobox political party
| native_name      = Alianța pentru Democrație și Reforme
| leader           = [[Mircea Snegur]], [[Dumitru Diacov]], [[Valeriu Matei]], [[Iurie Roșca]]
| founded          = 1998
| dissolved        = 1999
| position         = [[Centrism|Centre]] to [[center-right]]
| ideology         = [[Liberalism]]<br>[[Reformism]]<br>[[Pro-Europeanism]]<br>'''Factions:'''<br>[[Liberal conservatism]]<br>[[Social liberalism]]<br>[[Social democracy]]<br>[[Christian democracy]]
}}
{{Politics of Moldova}} 
{{History of Moldova}}
The '''Alliance for Democracy and Reforms''' (often abbreviated to ADR) was a governing coalition in [[Moldova]] between numerous non-[[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova|Communist]] parties which had [[absolute majority]] in the [[Parliament of the Republic of Moldova|Moldovan Parliament]] after the [[1998 Moldovan parliamentary election|1998 parliamentary election]].

== The overall context ==
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At the [[1998 Moldovan parliamentary election|legislative elections]] on March 22, 1998, the [[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova]] (PCRM) gained 40 of the 101 places in the [[Moldovan Parliament]], but was reduced to opposition when an Alliance for Democracy and Reforms was formed by the [[Democratic Convention of Moldova]] (26 [[Parliament of the Republic of Moldova|MP]]s), [[For a Democratic and Prosperous Moldova]] (24 MPs), and the [[Party of Democratic Forces]] (11 MPs).

It is important that a former First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Moldavia]] (PCM), [[Petru Lucinschi]], was the [[President of Moldova]] during the activity of The Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR).

== Activity ==

The Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR) government was formed as a result of complex negotiations between democratic parties and was the first coalition government in the history of independent [[Moldova]]. The ADR government included representatives of all political parties which were members of the coalition.

The Alliance for Democracy and Reforms had three [[Prime Minister of Moldova|Prime Ministers]]. The activity of the second government of [[Ion Ciubuc]] (May 22, 1998 – February 1, 1999), the acting government of [[Serafim Urechean]] (February 5–17, 1999), and the government of [[Ion Sturza]] (February 19–November 9, 1999) were marked by chronic political instability, which prevented a coherent reform program. Foreign policy was marked by a duality of belonging to the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] and steps towards a rapprochement with [[Western Europe]].

The [[Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova)|Christian Democratic Popular Front]] (PPCD) voted with the [[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova|Communist Party]] (PCRM) for the dismissal of the Alliance government on November 9, 1999. Disagreements that appeared within the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR), caused to some degree by displeasure with seat distributions, led to its disintegration and an overwhelming [[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova|Party of Communists]] (PCRM) victory at the [[2001 Moldovan parliamentary election|2001 parliamentary election]].

In the next decade, the [[Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova|Party of Communists]] (PCRM) used very successfully the incoherent activity of the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR) for discrediting any form of [[political coalition]] formed without them. Their constant criticism of the future [[Alliance For European Integration]] (AIE) is a good example.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/09/content_11849984.htm |title=Moldova's four pro-western parties set up governing coalition_English_Xinhua |access-date=2009-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216223258/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/09/content_11849984.htm |archive-date=2012-02-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/63/164.html Governments Take Hard Hits to Qualify for World Bank Loans]

{{Moldovan political parties}}

[[Category:Defunct political party alliances in Moldova]]
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[[Category:Coalition governments]]