Gheorghe Coriolan Ciuhandu (; born 15 June 1947) is a

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n politician. A building engineer by profession, he graduated from the Traian Vuia Polytechnic Institute in 1970, earning a doctorate in 1986 and joining the faculty in 1993. He was the mayor of

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

from 1996 to 2012 and was one of the losing candidates for president in the 2004 presidential elections, in which he represented the

Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party ( ro, Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat, officially abbreviated PNȚCD) is a Christian democratic and agrarian political party in Romania. It claims to be the rightful successor o ...

(PNȚCD). He replaced

Victor Ciorbea Victor Ciorbea (; born on 26 October 1954) is a Romanian jurist, politician, and civil/public servant. He was the Mayor of Bucharest between 1996 and 1997 and, after his resignation from this public dignity/position, Prime Minister of Romania fr ...

as president of the PNȚCD in 2004, and, in 2007 he was replaced by

Marian Petre Miluț Marian Petre Miluţ (born 29 December 1955, Craiova, Dolj County, Romania) is a Romanian politician, engineer and businessman. He was president of the ''Romanian Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Union'', assisting the Union's co-operation with the ...

as president of PNȚCD.

Honours

Romanian Royal Family The Romanian royal family ( ro, Familia regală a României) was the ruling dynasty of the Kingdom of Romania, a constitutional monarchy in Central-Eastern Europe. The kingdom existed from 1881, when Carol I of Romania was proclaimed king, until ...

: 42nd Knight of the Royal Decoration of the Cross of the Romanian Royal House

Electoral history

Presidential elections

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External links

Official site

Ciuhandu's political opinions
1947 births Living people Politehnica University of Timișoara alumni Academic staff of the Politehnica University of Timișoara Romanian engineers Mayors of Timișoara Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party politicians Candidates for President of Romania {{Romania-engineer-stub