Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania
Political party in Romania
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The Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România, UCRR; Rusyn: Културне Товариство Русинів Романії, romanized: Kulturne Tovarystvo Rusyniv Romaniji, KTRR) is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Rusyn community.
Cultural Union of Ruthenians of Romania Uniunea Culturală a Rutenilor din România Културне Товариство Русинів Романії | |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Newspaper | Jurnal Rutean |
| Ideology | Rusyn minority politics |
| National affiliation | National Minorities Parliamentary Group |
| Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 329 |
| Senate | 0 / 136
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| European Parliament | 0 / 32
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| Website | |
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History
The AIR was established in 2000.[1] It contested the 2000 general elections, and despite receiving just 6,942 votes (0.06%), it won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies under the electoral law allowing political parties representing ethnic minority groups to be exempt from the electoral threshold as long as they received 10% of the vote required for a single seat in the Chamber of Deputies.[2][3]
The party has won a seat in every election since.