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Popescu
Popescu ( Francisized as Popesco) is a family name very common in Romania (derived from ''popă'', meaning priest). Used on its own, it may refer to: *Adrian Popescu, football (soccer) player *Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, politician * Cezar Popescu, rugby union player * Constantin Popescu, politician * Corneliu M. Popescu, poet and translator *Cosmin Alin Popescu, university rector *Cristian Popescu (poet), poet *Cristian Dumitru Popescu, Romanian-American mathematician *Cristian Tudor Popescu, journalist and writer * Cristian Popescu Piedone, politician * Dan Popescu, comic book artist * Dan Ioan Popescu, politician * Daniel Popescu, footballer * David Popescu, soldier and politician * Dimitrie Popescu, rower * Dumitru Radu Popescu, writer and communist activist *Elvira Popescu, actress * Eugen-Cristian Popescu, high jumper *Florin Popescu, canoer *Gabriel Popescu (footballer), football player * Gabriel Popescu (scientist), scientist and engineer *Gheorghe Cartianu-Popescu, engineer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristian Popescu Piedone
Cristian Popescu Piedone (born 15 February 1963) is a Romanian convicted felon and politician who served as mayor of Bucharest's Sector 4 (Bucharest), Sector 4 from 2008 until the 4 November 2015, when he resigned following the Colectiv nightclub fire and the subsequent 2015 Romanian protests. Biography Early life Before the Romanian Revolution, Cristian Popescu was the Maître d'hôtel, head waiter at a seaside restaurant. In 1990, he opened his own restaurant named ''Restaurantul Ciocârlia (''"Nightingale Restaurant"'')'' on the Dâmbovița River quay in Bucharest. Popescu joined the Social Democratic Party (Romania), Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR) in 1994 after the youth wing of the party started congregating in his restaurant. He began studying at the Dimitre Gusti High School in Bucharest in 1991, at the age of 28, graduating four years later. He later continued his studies at the University of Petroșani, which he graduated in 2002. Local councilor In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |