53 Notable alumni of
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
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The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies is 963rd in the world, 341st in Europe, and 5th in Romania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 53 notable alumni from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Nicolae Ceaușescu
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- military personnelpresident of Romaniapolitician
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Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian communist politician who led Romania as general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 and as president from 1974 until his execution in 1989.
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Liviu Dragnea
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- TikTokerdrummerYouTubercookinfluencer
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Liviu Nicolae Dragnea is a Romanian engineer and former politician. Starting his career in the Democratic Party (PD), he joined the Social Democratic Party (PSD), eventually becoming its leader. After holding several positions as Minister, he resigned from the cabinet in May 2015, following a conviction in a case involving electoral fraud, for which he received a two-year suspended sentence in April 2016.
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Elena Lasconi
- Enrolled in the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
- Studied in 2001
- Occupations
- radio personalitypoliticianjournalist
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Elena Valerica Lasconi is a Romanian politician and former journalist. She is serving as the mayor of Câmpulung in Argeș County, having been elected in both the 2020 and 2024 elections. On 26 June 2024, she won the internal elections in the Save Romania Union (USR), becoming its president. USR elected her in a landslide as the party's candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
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Mircea Geoană
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- diplomatpolitician
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Dan Mircea Geoană is a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the deputy secretary general of NATO between 2019 and 2024. He previously served as president of the Senate of Romania from December 2008 until he was revoked in November 2011. From April 2005 until February 2010, he was the head of the Social Democratic Party (PSD, Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat).
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Mugur Isărescu
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- economistbusinesspersonuniversity teacherwinegrowerpolitician
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Constantin Mugur Isărescu is the governor of the National Bank of Romania, a position he has been holding since September 1990, with the sole exception of a period of time of one year (22 December 1999 to 28 December 2000), during which he served as Prime Minister of Romania. In addition, he is also a member of the Romanian Academy. Isărescu is a member of The Trilateral Commission.
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Corina Crețu
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- economistpoliticianjournalist
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Corina Crețu KSR is Consul General, head of the Consulate General of Romania in Thessaloniki, Hellenic Republic.
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Raluca Turcan
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- politicianeconomist
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Raluca Turcan is a Romanian politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), she has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Sibiu County since 2004.
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Nicolae Văcăroiu
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- university teachereconomistpolitician
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Nicolae Văcăroiu is a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who served as Prime Minister between 1992 and 1996. Before the 1989 Revolution, he worked at the Committee for State Planning, together with Theodor Stolojan. He was the President of the Senate of Romania for almost eight years, during two legislatures (2000–2004 and 2004–2008).
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Constantin Dăscălescu
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- politician
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Constantin Dăscălescu was a Romanian communist politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu, from 21 May 1982 until the Romanian Revolution in 22 December 1989.
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Mircea Badea
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- actorcomedianpolitical activistsatiristkickboxer
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Mircea Radu Badea is a right-wing libertarian conservative Romanian political satirist, television host, media critic, radio personality and occasional actor. He is widely known as host of În gura presei (The Talk of The Press) a show based on the daily news, that airs on Antena 3.
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Theodor Stolojan
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- university teachereconomistpolitician
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Theodor Dumitru Stolojan is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from September 1991 to November 1992. An economist by training, he was also one of the presidents of the National Liberal Party (PNL) before being the founding leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD) and then the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL). He was a Member of the European Parliament for Romania, representing the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and then the National Liberal Party (PNL; both EPP-ED-affiliated). He was also professor at the Transilvania University of Brașov between 2002 and 2012.
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Sevil Shhaideh
- Enrolled in the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
- Studied in 1987
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
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Sevil Shhaideh is a Romanian economist, civil servant and politician. On 21 December 2016, she was proposed by the Social Democrats to be Prime minister of Romania, but was rejected by the president, Klaus Iohannis.
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Viorel Cataramă
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- politicianeconomist
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Viorel Cataramă is a Romanian businessman and politician who founded the furniture manufacturer Elvila in 1990. In 2019, he founded the Liberal Right Party (DL) and ran on its behalf for the 2019 Romanian presidential election, where he received a very modest result and did not qualify for the second round.
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Sebastian-Ioan Burduja
- Enrolled in the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
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- politicianeconomist
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Sebastian Ioan Burduja is a Romanian economist, politician, and author, who served as Minister of Energy from June 2023 to June 2025. He previously held the position of Minister of Research, Innovation, and Digitalization from May 2022 to June 2023.
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Eugen Teodorovici
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- politician
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Eugen Orlando Teodorovici is a Romanian politician of the Social Democratic Party. He served as minister of finance in 2015 and from 2018 to 2019. From 2012 to 2015, he served as minister of EU funds. He was a member of the Senate from 2012 to 2020.
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Ilie Verdeț
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- politician
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Ilie Verdeț was a Romanian communist politician who served as Romania’s Prime Minister from 1979 to 1982.
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Cristian Boureanu
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- politician
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Cristian Alexandru Boureanu is a Romanian businessman and politician. A former member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Argeș County from 2004 to 2012.
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Darius Bogdan Vâlcov
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- politicianeconomist
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Darius Vâlcov was a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Finance, Mayor of Slatina and Senator.
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Rovana Plumb
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- politician
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Rovana Plumb is a Romanian politician of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). She was appointed Minister of Environment and Forests (now Minister of Environment and Climate Change) on 7 May 2012. From 5 March 2014 to 9 November 2015, she was the Minister of Labor, Family, Social Protection and Elderly in the Government of Romania. In March 2015, Rovana Plumb was elected President of the National Council of PSD.
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Varujan Vosganian
- Enrolled in the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
- Studied in 1982
- Occupations
- economistpoetwriteressayistmathematician
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Varujan Vosganian is a Romanian politician, economist, essayist and poet of Armenian origin. Vosganian was Romania's Minister of Economy and Commerce (2006–2008) in the Tăriceanu cabinet and Minister of Economy in the Ponta cabinet (2012–2013). He is the President of The Union of Armenians in Romania (UAR, 1990–present) and the Prime-vice president of the Union of Writers in Romania (2005–present). His books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
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Leonard Orban
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- economistengineerpolitician
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Leonard Orban is a Romanian independent technocrat who served as the Commissioner for Multilingualism in the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU). He was responsible for the EU language policy and was the first Romanian Commissioner and the first member of the Commission whose portfolio is exclusively multilingualism. His term of office began on 1 January 2007 and ended on 9 February 2010. With a background in engineering and economics, Orban has taken up various posts working for the accession of Romania to the European Union, most prominently as Deputy and later as Chief Negotiator for his country at the time of final negotiations with the European Union.
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Siegfried Mureșan
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- politicianeconomist
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Siegfried Mureșan is a Romanian economist and politician, vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) since November 2019, vice-president of the European People's Party Group (EPP Group) in the European Parliament and member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). He was elected as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Romania in 2014 and 2019. Previously, he was a member of the People's Movement Party (PMP) between 2014 and 2018 and the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) before 2014.
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Șerban Huidu
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- journalist
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Șerban Sebastian Huidu is a Romanian radio and TV star. He hosted, together with Mihai Găinușă, the morning show on Romanian radio station Kiss FM, and a weekly satire show (Cronica Cârcotaşilor) on the Romanian channel Prima TV.
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Carmen Dan
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- politician
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Carmen Daniela Dan is a Romanian politician. She served in the Senate of Romania from 2016 to 2020 representing the Social Democratic Party. She also served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Romania in the Grindeanu Cabinet, Tudose Cabinet and Dăncilă Cabinet from January 2017 to July 2019. Prior to her political career, she was secretary of the General School no. 3 of Videle, and an employee of Bănca Agricole and Raiffeisen Bank.
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Nae Lăzărescu
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- comediantelevision actor
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Niculae Lăzărescu also known as Nae Lăzărescu was a Romanian television, stage and screen actor as well as a famous comedian.
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Dragoș Pîslaru
- Enrolled in the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
- Graduated with Bachelor of Economics
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
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Dragoș Pîslaru is a Romanian economist and politician of REPER who served as a Member of the European Parliament between 2019 and 2024. He was previously a member of USR PLUS/USR. He also held the position of Minister of Labor, Family, Social Protection and the Elderly in the government of Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș from 18 April 2016, until 4 January 2017.
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Eugen Ovidiu Chirovici
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- economistwriterjournalist
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Eugen O. Chirovici is a Romanian author of suspense and crime. Before moving to United Kingdom, he published ten detective novels in his home country. He is best known for his first English novel, The Book of Mirrors. later adapted as a movie Sleeping Dogs (2024 film).
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Daniel Dăianu
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- bankereconomistpolitician
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Daniel Dăianu is a Romanian economist, professor and politician.
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Ioan Mircea Pașcu
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- politicianpolitical scientist
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Ioan Mircea Pașcu is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Romania. He previously served Minister of Defense from 2000 to 2004. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PDSR/PSD), part of the Party of European Socialists.
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Luminița Odobescu
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- diplomat
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Luminița-Teodora Odobescu is a Romanian career diplomat. She serves as Presidential Adviser for the interim President of Romania, starting 13 February 2025. Between January and February 2025, she held the position of State Adviser for Foreign Policy and Security within the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
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Viorel Hrebenciuc
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- politicianeconomist
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Viorel Hrebenciuc is a Romanian politician and statistician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was also a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania for Bacău County from 1996 to 2014.
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Dumitru Popescu
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- writereditor-in-chiefjournalistpolitician
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Dumitru Popescu was a Romanian journalist and politician. A member of the Romanian Communist Party, he served in the Great National Assembly from 1965 to 1989.
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Lucian Romașcanu
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- managerpolitician
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Lucian N. Romașcanu is a Romanian politician serving as Minister of Culture from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been Senator for Buzău since 2016. He previously served as Culture Minister from 2017 to 2018.
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Anca Dragu
- Enrolled in the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
- In 1996 graduated with bachelor's degree in finance
- In 2010 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in finance
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- economistcivil servantpolitician
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Anca Dana Paliu Dragu is a Romanian economist and politician. She was Minister of Public Finance of Romania, as well as President of the Senate of Romania from 21 December 2020 to 23 November 2021. Dragu was the first woman in the history of the Senate to hold this position. In December 2023, she obtained Moldovan citizenship and was appointed Governor of the National Bank of Moldova.
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Lazăr Comănescu
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- diplomateconomistpolitician
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Lazăr Comănescu is a Romanian diplomat who served as Foreign minister of Romania from 2015 to 2017 and in 2008 as part of the National Liberal Party of Romania.
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Eugen Bejinariu
- Enrolled in the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in commerce
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- politician
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Eugen Bejinariu is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). He served as acting/ad interim Prime Minister of Romania between 21 and 28 December 2004, when former PSD Prime Minister Adrian Năstase, who had just been defeated in the 2004 presidential elections by Traian Băsescu (then PD candidate supported by the Justice and Truth Alliance, or DA for short, which also comprised the PNL), resigned and became President of the Chamber of Deputies.
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Matei-Agathon Dan
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- politicianeconomist
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Matei-Agathon Dan was a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bacău County from 1992 to 2004. In the Nicolae Văcăroiu cabinet, he was Tourism Minister from 1992 to 1996, and again held that office in the Adrian Năstase cabinet from December 2000 to June 2003, when responsibility for Tourism was assigned to Miron Mitrea.
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Ana-Claudia Țapardel
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- politician
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Claudia Țapardel is a Romanian Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D). Elected in May 2014, she is currently one of the youngest MEPs in the European Parliament.
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Károly Király
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- politicianeconomist
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Károly Király was a Romanian politician. A member of the Communist Party of Romania and, after the Romanian Revolution, of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, he served in the Great National Assembly from 1969 to 1973 and the Senate of Romania from 1990 to 1992.
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Cristian David
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- politician
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Cristian David is a Romanian politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he has been a member of the Romanian Senate for Vaslui County since 2004. In the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet, he was Minister-Delegate for International Financing Programs and European Community Acquis from 2004 to 2007 and Minister of Interior and Administrative Reform from 2007 to 2008.
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Adrian-Ioan Veștea
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- politician
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Adrian Ioan Veștea is a Romanian politician from the National Liberal Party (PNL) who has been serving as Minister of Development in the Ciolacu Cabinet since 15 June 2023 onwards. He formerly served as Mayor of Râșnov.
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Aurel Vainer
- Enrolled in the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
- Studied in 1953
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- researchereconomistpolitician
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Aurel Vainer was a Romanian economist and politician. He was a leader of the Romanian Jewish community, and also the vice president of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce.
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Vasile Patilineț
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- politicianeconomist
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Vasile Patilineț was a Romanian communist activist, politician and diplomat. A worker and native of the industrial Jiu Valley, he joined the Romanian Communist Party in 1945 and steadily rose through its ranks, entering the central committee a decade later. Subsequently, he became a close ally of Nicolae Ceaușescu, whose rise to power in 1965 he helped facilitate. A significant player in the early years of the latter's rule, he became steadily alarmed by the dictator's excesses and began plotting against him by the late 1970s. He was sent as ambassador to Turkey in 1980, and six years later, upon finishing his service at Ankara, was killed in a suspicious car accident.
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Ionel-Sorin Moisă
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- politician
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Ionel Sorin Moisa is an independent Romanian politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) during the 2014–2019 legislature. The Romanian press also floated his name as possible Prime Minister on several occasions.
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Constantin Nicolescu
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- politician
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Constantin Nicolescu was a Romanian politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he served in the Senate from 2000 to 2004.
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Cosmin Marinescu
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- economist
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Cosmin-Ștefan Marinescu is a Romanian economist and professor of economics at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. On 22 December 2014, he was appointed Presidential Advisor on Economic and Social Policy to the President of Romania. Previously, he served as Advisor to the Romanian Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Environment (2012), and the Advisor to the Romanian Minister of Public Finance (2013). He is also the founder of the Centre for Economics and Liberty - ECOL, a Romanian non-profit educational and research initiative aiming to promote the principles of democracy and economic freedom.
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Cristian Dumitrescu
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- economistlawyerpolitician
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Cristian-Sorin Dumitrescu is a Romanian politician.
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Andi-Gabriel Grosaru
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- lawyerpolitician
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Andi-Gabriel Grosaru is a Romanian politician of the Association of Italians of Romania. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He is the parliamentary representative of the country's Italian minority, and succeeded his father Mircea Grosaru in the role. In 2023, he announced his candidacy for president of Romania in the 2024 presidential election.
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Mihu Dragomir
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- translatorscience fiction writerpoetscreenwriter
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Mihu Dragomir was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. A native of Brăila on the Bărăgan Plain, he was heavily influenced by the worldview of an older novelist, Panait Istrati, as well as by the poetic works of Mihai Eminescu and Edgar Allan Poe. He debuted in his early teens, and, before turning 19, had self-published his first volume of verse, also putting out the literary magazine Flamura. The late 1930s and early '40s saw his sympathy for, and finally engagement with, Romanian fascism—he joined the literary circle Adonis, founded by former members of the Crusade of Romanianism, and, during the "National Legionary State" of 1940, openly adhered to the Iron Guard. Rebelliousness interfered with Dragomir's educational path, but he recovered enough to train as a sapper, then as a junior officer, in the Romanian Land Forces. He fought in their ranks for the remainder of World War II, witnessing events which were retold in his poetic cycles (including a verse novel) and short-story collections.
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Floros Konstantinou
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- historianeconomistpolitician
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Floros Konstantinou was a Greek politician, historian and economist, who served as a Member of the Parliament and Deputy Minister of Agriculture with PASOK. He was a graduate of Political Sciences and a holder of two doctoral degrees, the first with the rural economy and the second in history of Hellenism in Romania.
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Florin-Alexandru Alexe
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- politicianeconomist
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Florin-Alexandru Alexe is a Romanian economist and politician. He is currently a Member of Parliament, the President of PNL’s Sector 3 chapter, as well as the President of the National Liberal Youth, the youth organisation of the National Liberal Party (PNL). He served as City Councillor, first in the Local Council of Bucharest’s Sector 3, then in the General Council of Bucharest.
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Ahmed Ould Teguedi
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- diplomatministerpolitician
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Ahmed Ould Teguedi is a Mauritanian diplomat. He was Mauritania's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation between 2013 and 2015.
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Margarida Rosa da Silva Izata
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- diplomateconomist
- Biography
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Margarida Rosa da Silva Izata is an Angolan ambassador to the United Nations.
