The party is led by Iurie Leancă, who was Prime Minister of Moldova from 2013 to 2015.

For the duration of this premiership, Leancă was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (PLDM).

The PLDM, led by former Prime Minister Vlad Filat, conceded Leancă's departure from office to the PCRM as part of this arrangement.

[2] Besides Leancă, former deputy Prime Minister Eugen Carpov and Nicolae Juravschi are the party's other MPs.

The Liberal Democrats didn’t simply form an alliance with the PCRM, but also borrowed some Communist techniques from them”