Gheorghe Funar is a nationalist Romanian politician,who rose to fame as a controversial mayor of Cluj-Napoca between 1992 and 2004.
Emil Boc is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 22 December 2008 until 6 February 2012 and is the current Mayor of Cluj-Napoca,the largest city of Transylvania,where he was first elected in July 2004. Boc was also the president of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL),which proposed and supported him as Prime Minister in late 2008,from December 2004 until July 2012.
Vasile Blaga is a Romanian politician who was Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament,the Senate,from 2011 to 2012. He also served as Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice as Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs.
Mărgău is a commune in Cluj County,Transylvania,Romania. It is composed of six villages:Bociu (Bocs),Buteni (Kalotabökény),Ciuleni (Incsel),Mărgău,Răchițele (Havasrekettye) and Scrind-Frăsinet (Kőrizstető).
Legislative elections were held in Romania on 30 November 2008. The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) won three more seats than PSD in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate,although the alliance headed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) won more votes and a fractionally higher vote share. The two parties subsequently formed a governing coalition with Emil Boc of the PDL as Prime Minister.
Presidential elections were held in Romania in 2009. The first round took place on 22 November,with a run-off round between the top two candidates Traian Băsescu and Mircea Geoanăon 6 December 2009. Although most exit polls suggested a win for Geoanăin the runoff,the authorities declared Băsescu the narrow victor with 50.33% of the votes. To date,it is the closest election in Romanian history.
Iulian Pop was an Austro-Hungarian and Romanian lawyer and politician,who became the first Romanian mayor of Cluj on 19 January 1919,a month after Transylvania became part of the Romanian state. He remained mayor until 13 April 1923,when he resigned for health reasons and was succeeded on an interim basis by Aurel Moga.
Andrei Marga is a Romanian philosopher,political scientist,and politician. Rector –for the second time –of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca,he was a member of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢCD),serving as Minister of Education in the Democratic Convention (CDR) coalition governments of Victor Ciorbea,Radu Vasile,and Mugur Isărescu (1997–2000). In January 2001,he replaced Ion Diaconescu as PNŢCD president,but resigned from this position in July 2001,amid political tensions within the party. He subsequently formed a new political party,more specifically the Popular Christian Party later during the same year. Later on,he became a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL).
The Democratic Liberal Party was a liberal-conservative political party in Romania. The party was formed on 15 December 2007,when the Democratic Party (PD) merged with the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD). On 17 November 2014 the PDL officially merged into the National Liberal Party (PNL),ceasing to exist. The PDL was associated with Traian Băsescu,who was previously leader of the PD and President of Romania from 2004 to 2014.
Cătălin Marian Predoiu is a Romanian lawyer who served as the ad interim Prime Minister of Romania from February 6 to 9 February 2012,following the resignation of Emil Boc. He had previously been the Minister of Justice of Romania since 29 February 2008.
Local elections were held in Romania on 1 June 2008,with a runoff for mayors on 15 June 2008.
Elena Gabriela Udrea is a Romanian politician. An independent who held office while in the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and then the People's Movement Party (PMP),she was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2016. In successive Emil Boc cabinets,she served as Tourism Minister from 2008 to 2009 and as Regional Development and Tourism Minister from 2009 to 2012. Sentenced to six years in prison for corruption offenses,she sought asylum in Costa Rica in 2018. The following year,she gave up the asylum claim and returned to Romania,where she is currently serving her sentence.
Gabriel Sandu is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L),he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Brăila County from 2004 to 2008. In the Emil Boc cabinet,he was Minister of Communications and Information Society from 2008 to 2010,also serving as interim Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises,Commerce and Business Environment in late 2009.
Sorina Bucuraș,better known as Sorina-Luminița Plăcintă,is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party and formerly of the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L),she was a member of the Romanian Senate for Vrancea County from 2008 to 2012. In the Emil Boc cabinet,she was Minister of Youth and Sport from July to December 2009,and interim Minister-Delegate for Relations with Parliament from October to December 2009.
In Romania's 2008 legislative election,held on 30 November,no party won an outright majority. The Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) won the largest number of seats,closely followed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) + Conservative Party (PC) Alliance. It was thought that the third-placed National Liberal Party (PNL) would hold the key for the new government. It asked for the position of Prime Minister in its negotiations with the two parties.
The 2010 Supercupa României was the 12th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The match was played in Cluj-Napoca at Dr. Constantin Rădulescu on 18 July 2010,and was contested between Liga I title holders and Supercup defending champions,CFR Cluj and Liga I runners-up,FC Unirea Urziceni. This was the first edition of the Supercup to face the Liga I winners and the league's runners-up,since CFR won the double in 2010. The new format of the competition,in which the double winner plays the league runner-up at home ground was proposed and adopted by Romanian Football Federation the same year.
The 2012 Romanian protests were a series of protests and civil manifestations triggered by the introduction of new health reform legislation. In particular,President Traian Băsescu criticized the Deputy Minister of Health,Raed Arafat,on a Romanian television broadcast. The protests became violent,with both protesters and members of the Gendarmerie sustaining injuries during their clashes.
There were numerous protests against the Romanian Government between 2017 and 2019. In January 2017,days after the government of the Grindeanu Cabinet was sworn into office in Romania,protests took place throughout the country against ordinance bills that were proposed by the Romanian Ministry of Justice regarding the pardoning of certain committed crimes,and the amendment of the Penal Code of Romania. At the heart of these protests is the community Corruption Kills,founded by Florin Bădiță,who alongside other civic groups organized what proved to be the largest protests since 1989,thus realizing the "Revolution of our generation".
The Social Liberal Humanist Party,formerly Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) is a centrist to centre-left political party in Romania. It was founded in 2015 by members of the Conservative Party (PC) who did not want to merge with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR),led by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu.
