Sorin Apostu (born 8 February 1968) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party, he was the mayor of

Cluj-Napoca ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

from December 2008 to February 2012, when he resigned while arrested in the midst of a corruption scandal.

Biography

Apostu was born in

Focșani Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Curv ...

and attended the

University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine The University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest (Romanian: Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agronomice şi Medicină Veterinară din Bucuresți) is the oldest and largest institution of higher agricultural sciences and veterin ...

. On 7 July 2014 he was convicted and sentenced to 4 months for receiving bribes from businessman Călin Stoia, to 3 months and 6 months for complicity in money laundering and 8 months for forgery. His sentences were merged into a 4 years and 6 months sentence.

Political activity

In 2000 he started his political career and became the member of the

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. Emil Boc discovered him. At the local elections in 2004, he was elected as local counselor of the Cluj Napoca muni following the list of the

. He resigned shortly from the position of the local counselor and took over the position of the direction of the Technical Department within the

Mayor-Office. In 2008, he again became a candidate for the position of the local counselor this time from the lists of the Democratic and Liberal Party. He was elected the local counselor of the Cluj Napoca muni and then, in June 2008, became the deputy mayor of the town. Then, in January 2009, he was elected as an acting mayor after the resignation of the mayor

Emil Boc Emil Boc (; born 6 September 1966) 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 Ju ...

and on February 15th, 2009 the Liberal Democratic Party designated him as a candidate for the position of mayor at the partial local elections. He won the elections in the first round with 60, 48% of votes.

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Living people 1968 births Mayors of Cluj-Napoca People from Focșani Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Romanian politicians convicted of corruption {{Romania-mayor-stub

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