Petre Roman
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Petre Roman | |
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Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 22 December 1999 – 28 December 2000 | |
Prime Minister | Mugur Isărescu |
Preceded by | Andrei Pleșu |
Succeeded by | Mircea Geoană |
Member of the Senate of Romania | |
In office 22 November 1996 – 12 December 2004 | |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 9 June 1990 – 31 July 1990 | |
In office 6 October 1992 – 21 November 1996 | |
In office 19 December 2012 – 9 February 2015 | |
Co-Founding Leader of the National Salvation Front | |
In office 22 December 1989 – 28 May 1993 | |
Succeeded by | Himself (party renamed into the Democratic Party) |
President of the Democratic Party | |
In office 28 May 1993 – 19 May 2001 | |
Succeeded by | Traian Băsescu |
President of the Democratic Force | |
In office 2003–2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania | 22 July 1946
Political party | Social Democratic Party (2020–present) |
Other political affiliations | Romanian Communist Party (before 1989) National Salvation Front (1989–1993) Democratic Party (1993–2003) Democratic Force (2003–2008) National Liberal Party (2008–2017?) Social Liberal Platform (2020)[1] |
Spouses | |
Romanian Revolution | |
Signature | ![]() |
a. ^ the party split on 7 April 1992: Ion Iliescu and his supporters formed the FDSN b. ^ Mazilu resigned from the leadership of FSN on 26 January 1990 | |
Petre Roman (Romanian pronunciation:
He was the leader of the
Background
Petre Roman was born in
Roman first rose to prominence during the
During the Romanian Revolution
Petre Roman was heavily involved in the
As a left-wing socialist, Petre Roman was largely the middle ground between the world-views of his colleagues, as he wanted to replace the Marxist view of socialism as a transitory stage with a more democratic understanding of socialism.
Revolutionary activity
Petre Roman participated directly in the Romanian Revolution forming a barricade in the centre of Bucharest from the days of 21 and 22 December. On 22 December 1989, Petre Roman spoke from the balcony of the headquarters of the Central Committee against the Ceaușescu regime, the first public demonstration of its kind.
On 22 December, he became a member of the Provisional Council of the National Salvation Front (CPFSN) established for the coordination of the revolutionary process and the establishment of democracy once the revolution had concluded.
Prime Minister
![Three men are walking side-by-side holding papers. The first two are wearing a suit and the third is wearing a red sweater. The first man is smiling and flashing a V sign.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/CFSN_Revolution_Roumaine.jpg/180px-CFSN_Revolution_Roumaine.jpg)
On 26 December 1989, Roman was appointed as the
Shortly afterwards, then President Iliescu designated him once more as Prime Minister on 20 June 1990. He was formally confirmed in office by the newly elected legislature of the parliament on 28 June 1990 and his governing program was subsequently approved unanimously. He was the head of government of three cabinets between 1989 and 1991, as follows: Roman I cabinet, Roman II cabinet, and Roman III cabinet. He was succeeded by Theodor Stolojan in October 1991, after the September 1991 Mineriad.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Election | Affiliation | First round | Second round | ||||
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Votes | Percentage | Position | Votes | Percentage | Position | ||
1996 | USD | 2,598,545 | 20.53% |
3rd | not qualified | ||
2000 | PD | 334,852 | 2.98% |
6th | not qualified | ||
2004 | FD | 140,702 | 1.34% |
7th | not qualified |
Notes
- ^ https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/politica/petre-roman-si-mircea-cosea-s-au-inscris-in-partidul-lui-ilan-laufer-1256909
- ^ https://www.hotnews.ro/stiri-arhiva-1205270-ion-iliescu-petre-roman-pus-pitesti-bazele-polului-social.htm
- ^ https://adevarul.ro/politica/portret-de-traseist-cu-patalama-de-revolutionar-2041877.html
- ^ https://adevarul.ro/politica/petre-roman-noua-achizitie-a-psd-raman-de-2041896.html
- ^ https://www.gandul.ro/politica/petre-roman-anunta-cu-cat-a-cotizat-la-partid-fiecare-liberal-care-candideaza-10277881
- ^ https://newsbv.ro/petre-roman-despre-scandalul-cresterii-accizei-la-carburant/
- ^ "Petre Roman". Club de Madrid. Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/politica/petre-roman-si-mircea-cosea-s-au-inscris-in-partidul-lui-ilan-laufer-1256909
- ^ https://romania.europalibera.org/a/petre-roman-%C8%99i-mircea-co%C8%99ea-s-au-%C3%AEnscris-%C3%AEn-partidul-lui-ilan-laufer/30423925.html
- ^ https://romania.europalibera.org/a/petre-roman-se-retrage-psd-face-cur%C4%83%C8%9Benie-%C3%AEn-lista-lui-firea/30882116.html
- ^ Binder, David; Times, Special To the New York (27 December 1989). "Upheaval in the East: Leadership; An Aristocrat Among the Revolutionaries (Published 1989)". The New York Times.
- ^ Juviler, P. (1999) Fantasies of Salvation: Democracy, Nationalism, and Myth in Post-Communist Europe by Vladimir Tismaneanu. Political Science Quarterly 114 (2) p.345–346.
- ^ P.Roman "Libertatea ca datorie"
- ^ (in Romanian) "Petre Roman s-a cununat religios cu Silvia Chifiriuc" ("Petre Roman Has Religious Wedding with Silvia Chifiriuc"), Mediafax, 6 June 2009; accessed 6 June 2009
External links
- Official site at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 January 2007) (site down as of 12 November 2008)
- fragments from Petre Roman's book "Libertatea ca datorie", ed. Dacia- Cluj, 1994