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Cristian-Sorin Dumitrescu (born 24 April 1955) is a
Romania
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n politician.
Born in
Bucharest
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, he graduated from the
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
The Bucharest University of Economic Studies ( ro, Academia de Studii Economice din București, abbreviated ''ASE'') is a public university in Bucharest, Romania. Founded in 1913 as the ''Academy of Higher-level Commercial and Industrial Studies'' ...
(ASE) in 1978. He was a factory economist from that time until 1983, a journalist from 1983 to 1990, and a diplomat from 1990 to 1992.
[Curriculum vitae]
at the Chamber of Deputies site Elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
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to the
Romanian Senate
) is the upper house in the bicameral Parliament of Romania. It has 136 seats (before the 2016 Romanian legislative election the total number of elected representatives was 176), to which members are elected by direct popular vote using party-list ...
for
Suceava County
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The county seat is the historical town ...
in 1992, he was initially a member of the
National Salvation Front (FSN) and then subsequently switched to the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
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*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
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(PD) in 1993. He was
re-elected in 1996.
In 2000, he was elected to the
Romanian Chamber of Deputies
); – Committee for Industries and Services ( ro, Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure ( ro, Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Indu ...
, also for Suceava County, and defected to the
Social Democratic Party
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Active parties
Fo ...
(PSD) in 2001.
He was again elected a deputy
in 2004 and
in 2008, this time for
Vrancea County
Vrancea () is a county ( județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...
. During 2007, following the
accession of Romania to the European Union
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Negotiations
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, he was a
Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...
. He returned to the Senate
in 2012, for the same county. In March 2014, following the resignation of
Crin Antonescu
George Crin Laurențiu Antonescu (; born 21 September 1959) is a Romanian politician, who was President of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from 2009 to 2014. He also served as the country Acting President after the impeachment of Traian Băsesc ...
, he was briefly acting
Senate President
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.
[ Valentina Postelnicu]
"Cristian Dumitrescu preia interimatul la şefia Senatului. Noul preşedinte va fi votat luni"
Mediafax, March 5, 2014
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1955 births
Living people
Politicians from Bucharest
20th-century Romanian economists
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies alumni
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) politicians
Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians
Social Democratic Party (Romania) MEPs
MEPs for Romania 2007
Presidents of the Senate of Romania
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)