George Șerban

Gheorghe Șerban (25 June 1954 – 31 December 1998) was a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n journalist, politician and writer, best known for his role in the writing of the ''

Proclamation of Timișoara The Proclamation of Timișoara was a thirteen-point written document, drafted on March 11, 1990, by the Timișoara participants in Romania's Romanian Revolution of 1989, 1989 Revolution, and partly issued in reaction to the January 1990 Mineriad, f ...

'' in the wake of the 1989 Revolution. Șerban was born in

Buzău Buzău (; formerly spelled ''Buzeu'' or ''Buzĕu'') is a city in the historical region of Muntenia, Romania, and the county seat of Buzău County. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carp ...

. Before 1989, he taught

Marxism Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflict, ...

at the

Polytechnic University of Timișoara A polytechnic is an educational institution that primarily focuses on vocational education, applied sciences, and career pathways. They are sometimes referred to as ''institutes of technology'', ''vocational institutes'', or ''universities of app ...

. After taking part in the Revolution, he became a member of the ''Timișoara Society'' and a journalist for ''Timișoara'' newspaper. In 1994, he joined the

Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (, PNȚCD) is an agrarianism, agrarian and Christian democracy, Christian democratic list of political parties in Romania, political party in Romania. It claims to be the rightful successor of t ...

(PNȚ-CD) and was later elected to 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 regions of Romania, historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Ro ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Serban, Gheorghe 1954 births 1998 deaths People from Buzău People of the Romanian revolution Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Academic staff of the Politehnica University of Timișoara Romanian Marxists Romanian political scientists 20th-century Romanian journalists 20th-century political scientists