Radu Berceanu

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Radu Berceanu
Minister of Industry and Commerce
In office
17 April 1998 – 28 November 2000
Prime MinisterRadu Vasile
Mugur Isărescu
Preceded byMircea Ciumara
Succeeded byDan Ioan Popescu
Personal details
Born (1953-03-05) 5 March 1953 (age 71)
Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Political partyDemocratic Liberal Party (PDL)
SpouseMihaela-Marinela Berceanu
ChildrenVictor (b. 1981)
Andrei (b. 1984)
Alma materPolitehnica University of Bucharest
ProfessionEngineer

Radu Mircea Berceanu (Romanian pronunciation:

Minister of Agriculture following the political crisis that led to the withdrawal of the Social Democratic Party
from government.

In 1978, he married Mihaela-Marinela Bădîrcea (b. 1954). The couple have two sons, Victor (b. 1981) and Andrei (b. 1984).[1]

Biography

He was born in Râmnicu Vâlcea; his father was an aviator and his mother a nurse. After completing secondary studies in 1972 at the city's Vasile Roaită Theoretical High School (now called "Mircea cel Bătrân"),[1] he enrolled at the Polytehnic Institute of Bucharest, studying Aerospace Design and graduating in 1978. He also took courses on parliamentarism in Canada in 1990 and on democratic institutions in the United States in 1991. Following university, Berceanu worked as an engineer in Craiova from 1978 to 1981 at a flight testing centre. From 1984 to 1989 he also worked as an engineer at the city's airplane factory. Between 1980 and 1989, he taught at an industrial high school in Craiova.[2]

He also took up

communist regime, these circumstances allowed Berceanu to attend workshops in various Eastern Bloc countries, "and he probably thus had the opportunity to engage in some bişniţă [roughly, grey market transactions]."[3]

Right after the

November 2008 parliamentary election, Berceanu regained his Senate seat,[7] as well as being named Transport Minister the following month.[8] From October 2009, when the Social Democrats left the cabinet due to a political crisis, until that December, when a new cabinet was approved, he was also acting Agriculture Minister.[9][10]

After re-assuming ministerial office in 2008, Berceanu announced

December election.[24]

Berceanu's wealth has drawn attention: in 2008, his declared assets included bank accounts worth over

Mercedes-Benz W220.[25] In 2006, he made public his 300-page Securitate file, revealing that the communist secret police agency had harassed and threatened him and his wife in the autumn of 1989 for allegedly intending to flee the country using a hang glider he had built. He noted having given "about two ink cartridges' worth of declarations", that he was almost excluded from the Romanian Communist Party in 1981, and that, despite being the first party member in his family, he was known for his anti-regime position and never informed on his colleagues.[26][27]

In 2000, French President Jacques Chirac conferred the rank of Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite upon Berceanu. Within his party, he has been secretary, vice president for organisational affairs, and vice president.[2] He has also served as a delegate from the Romanian Parliament to the Council of Europe (1996–1998, 2000–2006, 2007–2008).[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c (in Romanian) Curriculum Vitae Archived 4 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 May 2009
  2. ^ a b c d e f (in Romanian) Profile at the Romanian Government site Archived 26 February 2014 at archive.today; retrieved 10 May 2009
  3. ISBN 973-681-499-8
  4. ^ (in Romanian) Andreea Mitrache, "Radu Berceanu nu mai este şeful PDL Dolj" ("Radu Berceanu No Longer Heads PDL Dolj"), Adevărul, 1 July 2012; retrieved 1 July 2012
  5. ^ (in Romanian) "Radu Berceanu demisionează din Senat" ("Radu Berceanu Resigns from the Senate"), Cronica Română, 14 April 2008; retrieved 10 May 2009
  6. ^ (in Romanian) "Berceanu a depus jurământul pentru funcţia de consilier judeţean" ("Berceanu Took the Oath for the Office of County Councillor"), Mediafax, 20 June 2008; retrieved 10 May 2009
  7. ^ (in Romanian) Election results Archived 27 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, alegeri.tv
  8. ^ (in Romanian) Cornelia Trif, "Miniştrii Guvernului Boc au fost validaţi" ("The Ministers of the Boc Government Have Been Validated") Archived 16 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, City News, 20 December 2008; retrieved 10 May 2009
  9. ^ (in Romanian) Paul Barbu and Simona Diaconu, "Berceanu la Agricultură: 'Brusc, a dat molima pe aici'" ("Berceanu at Agriculture: 'Quickly, the Plague Came around Here'") Archived 27 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Evenimentul Zilei, 6 October 2009; retrieved 8 December 2009
  10. ^ (in Romanian) "Dumitru a primit portofoliul Agriculturii de la Berceanu, minister complicat conform demnitarilor" ("Dumitru Receives Agriculture Portfolio from Berceanu, a Complicated Ministry According to Dignitaries"), Mediafax, 23 December 2009; retrieved 4 September 2010
  11. ^ (in Romanian) "Radu Berceanu: 'Autostrăzile sunt prioritare'" ("Radu Berceanu: 'Motorways Are a Priority'"), Lupa Mea, 28 April 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  12. ^ (in Romanian) "Radu Berceanu: Aeroportul din Braşov este, probabil, o afacere imobiliară" ("Radu Berceanu: The Braşov Airport Is Probably a Matter of Buying Buildings"), Mediafax, 23 April 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  13. Antena 3
    , 10 March 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  14. ^ (in Romanian) "Radu Berceanu: Autostrada Bucuresti-Constanta, finalizata în 2008" ("Radu Berceanu: The Bucharest-Constanţa Motorway, Finalised in 2008") Archived 14 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Gardianul, 15 August 2006; retrieved 10 May 2009
  15. hotnews.ro
    , 2 April 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  16. hotnews.ro
    , 22 March 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  17. ^ (in Romanian) "Berceanu: Se va renunţa la construcţia unor drumuri expres şi vor fi făcute autostrăzi" ("Berceanu: Work on Some Express Roads Will Be Stopped and Motorways Will Be Built"), Mediafax, 28 December 2008; retrieved 10 May 2009
  18. Jurnalul Naţional
    , 11 February 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  19. ^ (in Romanian) "Berceanu îl acuză pe Orban că nu a construit niciun metru de drum expres" ("Berceanu Accuses Orban of Not Having Built One Metre of Express Road"), Mediafax, 10 April 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  20. ^ (in Romanian) "Berceanu anunţă restructurări şi disponibilizări la SNCFR" ("Berceanu Announces Restructuring and Layoffs at SNCFR"), Mediafax, 25 January 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  21. ^ (in Romanian) "Berceanu: Disponibilizaţii de la CFR nu vor primi 'zeci de salarii compensatorii'" ("Berceanu: Laid-off CFR Employees Will Not Receive 'Tens of Compensatory Salaries'"), Mediafax, 20 March 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  22. Jurnalul Naţional
    , 11 April 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  23. ^ (in Romanian) Anca Simina, "S-a votat remanierea. Lista noilor miniştri" ("Reshuffle Approved. List of New Ministers"), Evenimentul Zilei, 2 September 2010; retrieved 4 September 2010
  24. ^ (in Romanian) Sebastian Zachmann, "Radu Berceanu se retrage din politică" ("Radu Berceanu Leaving Politics"), Adevărul, 4 April 2012; retrieved 2 January 2013
  25. ^ (in Romanian) "Berceanu are trei locuinţe şi conturi de peste 800.000 de euro" ("Berceanu Has Three Residences and Accounts Worth Over 800,000 Euros"), Mediafax, 5 January 2009; retrieved 10 May 2009
  26. ^ (in Romanian) "Radu Berceanu: 'Am dat două paste de pix de declaraţii la Securitate'" ("Radu Berceanu: 'I Gave Two Ink Cartridges' Worth of Declarations to the Securitate'"), Jurnalul de Botoşani şi Dorohoi, 8 August 2006; retrieved 10 May 2009
  27. ^ (in Romanian) "Radu Berceanu, un Balzac al Securităţii Statului" ("Radu Berceanu, a Balzac of the Securitate")[permanent dead link], Cotidianul, 7 August 2006; retrieved 10 May 2009

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