15 Notable alumni of
West University of Timisoara
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The West University of Timisoara is 2025th in the world, 676th in Europe, and 10th in Romania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from the West University of Timisoara sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Herta Müller
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- linguistpoetwritertranslatornovelist
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Herta Müller is a Romanian-German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature. She was born in Nițchidorf (German: Niczkydorf; Hungarian: Niczkyfalva), Timiș County in Romania; her native languages are German and Romanian. Since the early 1990s, she has been internationally established, and her works have been translated into more than twenty languages.
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Laura Codruța Kövesi
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- prosecutor
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Laura Codruța Kövesi is the first European Chief Prosecutor and the former chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (Romanian: Direcția Națională Anticorupție - DNA), a position she held from 2013 until she was fired on the order of Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on 9 July 2018. Prior to this, between 2006 and 2012 Kövesi was the Prosecutor General of Romania (Romanian: Procuror General), attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice.
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Sorin Grindeanu
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- engineerpoliticiancomputer scientist
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Sorin Mihai Grindeanu is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania from January to June 2017 when he was removed by a motion of no confidence adopted by the Parliament. He served as ad interim President of the Chamber of Deputies in November 2021. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Romania since 25 November 2021 as a part of the Ciucă Cabinet, along with Hunor Kelemen.
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Andreea Răducan
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- artistic gymnast
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Andreea Mădălina Răducan is a retired gymnast from Bârlad, Romania. She currently works as a sports announcer and journalist.
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Nicu Covaci
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- composersinger
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Nicolae "Nicu" Covaci was a Romanian guitarist, painter, and music composer. He is best known as the leader and founding member of rock and cult band Phoenix, for which he was the lead vocalist and guitar player, with more than 60 years of activity.
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Ilie Bolojan
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- politician
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Ilie Gavril Bolojan is a Romanian politician who is the current president of the Senate of Romania. He was previously the mayor of Oradea, and the president of the Bihor County Council. Following the National Liberal Party‘s historic defeat in the first round of the now-annulled 2024 Romanian presidential election, and the subsequent resignation of Nicolae Ciucă, he is the party's acting president.
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Richard Wagner
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- Germanistopinion journalistnovelistwriteressayist
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Richard Wagner was a Romanian-born German novelist. He published a number of short stories, novels and essays.
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Emaa
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- singersongwriter
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Emanuela Alexa, known professionally as Emaa (stylized in all caps), is a Romanian singer and songwriter. She became known in 2020 after the release of the song "Insula", in collaboration with The Motans, which brought her collaboration with Global Records.
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Natalia-Elena Intotero
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- politician
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Natalia-Elena Intotero is a Romanian politician from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) currently serving as Minister of Culture and formerly as Minister of Family, Youth and Equality of Opportunity.
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László Borbély
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- politicianeconomist
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László Borbély is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Mureș County since 2000, having previously served there from 1990 to 1996. Since December 2009 he has been the Minister of the Environment in the Boc cabinet, previously serving in the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet as Minister-Delegate of Transportation from 2004 to 2007, and Minister of Regional Development, Public Works and Housing from 2007 to 2008.
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Paul Radu
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- journalist
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Paul Radu is an investigative journalist from Romania. He is the co-founder of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, for which he and co-founder Drew Sullivan received the Special Award by the European Press Prize. He is also one of the cofounders of the Romanian Center for Investigative Journalism.
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Dan Motreanu
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- politician
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Dan-Ștefan Montreanu MEP is a Romanian politician, who had been the Romanian Minister for Agriculture in the first Tăriceanu cabinet (which was led by former PNL president Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu) between 2006 and 2007.
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Anamaria Gavrilă
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- politician
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Anamaria Gavrilă is a Romanian politician of the Party of Young People. Since 2020, she has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies. She was a member of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians until 2021, and founded the Party of Young People in 2023. She was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2021, and was a candidate for mayor of Deva in the 2020 and 2024 local elections.
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Ernest Wichner
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- translatorwriterromanistGermanistlinguist
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Ernest Wichner is a German writer, editor, and literary translator of Banat Swabian origin.
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Hans Moser
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- handball coachhandball player
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Hans Moser is a former Romanian-born German handball player and coach. He won two world championships as a player for the Romanian national team.
