Nicolae Robu (born May 28, 1955) is a Romanian politician, engineer, computer science professor. He was 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 2012 until 2020 and the former president of PNL Timiș. He served as rector of the

Politehnica University of Timișoara Politehnica University of Timișoara ( ro, Universitatea Politehnica Timișoara; abbreviated UPT) is a public university in Timișoara. Founded in 1920, it is one of the largest technical universities An institute of technology (also referre ...

from 2004 to 2012 and prorector from 1990 to 2000 and sat in the

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for

Timiș County Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...

from 2008 to 2012. He is a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL). Born in

Bocsig Bocsig ( hu, Bokszeg) is a commune in Arad County, Romania. The commune is situated in the Ineu Basin, along the Crișul Alb River, and it stretches over . It is composed of three villages: Bocsig (situated at from Arad), Mânerău (''Monyoró' ...

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center ...

,Prof.dr.ing. Nicolae Robu
at the Politehnica University of Timișoara site; accessed February 18, 2014 he attended the

from 1975 to 1980, earning a

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

from the same institution in 1995, in the field of

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systems. He worked as an

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from 1980 to 1985 before becoming a

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with the Institute for Automatic Research in the city. In 1986, he began teaching at his alma mater, becoming a

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in 1997. He was assistant rector of the university from 1990 to 2004, serving as

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from 2004 to 2012.Primar Nicolae Robu
at the Timișoara City Hall site; accessed February 18, 2014 In 2008, he was elected 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

; he sat on the education committee. He resigned his seat in June 2012. That month, at the

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, he won the race to be

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of Timișoara while running on the lists of the

Social Liberal Union The Social Liberal Union ( ro, Uniunea Social Liberală, USL) was a grand coalition of several political parties in Romania. The alliance contained two major centre-left and centre-right parties, more specifically the Social Democratic Party (PSD ...

. He took 49.8% of the vote, with his nearest rival winning 23.4%.Alegeri Locale 2012 Timișoara
alleger.tv; February 18, 2014 Within his party, he has headed the president of the Timiș County chapter since 2009, and has sat on the central political bureau since 2011. Robu is married and has two children, Andreea Robu and Raul Robu.

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