Liviu Gheorghe Negoiță (born 22 March 1962) is a Romanian politician and lawyer, member of the
Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and the former mayor of
Bucharest's Sector 3.
Biography
Born in
Brăila
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, Negoiță completed his law degree in 1990, at
University of Bucharest
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's Faculty of Law and was a practising lawyer. Aside from
Romanian
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, he speaks English and
Italian
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. He married Carmen in 2005, his wedding godfather being
Adriean Videanu
Adriean Marian Videanu (; born 1 June 1962) is a businessman and former mayor of Bucharest, Romania. He is also a vice president of the Democratic Liberal Party of Romania, which was led by Emil Boc and the Minister of Economy in the Boc Cabinet ...
, a leader of his party.
Political career
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Negoiță won a seat in the
Chamber of Deputies of Romania
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in the
1996 Romanian legislative election
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Opinion polls prior to the electio ...
on the lists of
National Liberal Party – Democratic Convention. In 1998, he resigned from the National Liberal Party (PNL) and joined the
Democratic Party (PD). In the
2000 elections, he was re-elected on the lists of the Democratic Party, being a deputy until 2004.
Mayor of Bucharest's Sector 3
Liviu Negoiță was the candidate of the Democratic Party for mayor of Bucharest's Sector 3, Bucharest's most populous sector, winning the 2004 elections, keeping his seat after he won the 2008 local elections with 79.05%. During his management, the town hall built 300 playgrounds and a large number of parking spaces.
He lost the elections in 2012.
Candidate for Prime-Minister
After the fall of the Boc government, Băsescu designated
Lucian Croitoru as Prime-Minister, but the parliamentary majority voted against him, continuing to insist on
Klaus Iohannis
Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the fifth president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering Politics of Romania, national politics, ...
as Prime Minister. On 6 November 2009 president
Traian Băsescu
Traian Băsescu (; born 4 November 1951) is a Romanian politician who served as the president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian minister of transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000, ...
, associated with PDL, nominated him as candidate for
Prime Minister of Romania
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. His chosen cabinet was however almost identical to the one of Croitoru.
["Premierul-desemnat Liviu Negoiță își depune miercuri mandatul"](_blank)
''Gândul'', December 16, 2009
However, the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) had no parliamentary majority and the Parliament surpassed the 14-day limit for the hearing the members of Negoiță's cabinet, thus extending the political deadlock in Romania and leaving
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 J ...
in office as acting Prime Minister until the
presidential election
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
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.
After Băsescu's win in the election, he re-nominated Negoiță as a candidate for Prime Minister of Romania,
however, he is expected to give up as a solution to the deadlock.
Controversies and criticism
Public works contracts
Controversies arose during his terms as mayor of Bucharest 3rd sector because many public works contracts were won by companies owned by his friends, relatives or members of his party, the PDL.
The
waste collection
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,
car towing, and
landscaping
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services are provided by Rosal, a company owned by PDL politician
Silviu Prigoană
Vasile-Silviu Prigoană (22 December 1963 – 12 November 2024) was a Romanian businessman and politician.
Life and career
Prigoană owned 60% of , a waste collection company which services Bucharest's Sector 3, Cluj-Napoca, Suceava, and Ba ...
, who also is associated in another company with Negoiță's wife.
["Liviu Negoiță, acuzat de"licitații cu dedicație" și de investiții nejustificate în an de criză"](_blank)
''Mediafax
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'', November 6, 2009
ACM 93, a company which won road building and maintenance contracts of over 200 million lei (€50 million), is owned by Ionel Pirpiliu, the brother of
Ștefan Pirpiliu, a PD-L politician and friend of Negoiță. The way many of the contracts were awarded to this company has been criticised by ''
Evenimentul Zilei
''Evenimentul Zilei'' is a formerly physical and now exclusively online newspaper in Romania. Its name translates to "The event of the day" or "Today's event".
History and profile
''Evenimentul Zilei'' was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nisto ...
'', because there were no competitive bids, being simple additional documents to older contracts.
In one case, companies owned by Prigoană won contracts for providing ''
Platanus
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'' trees at a price of 30 lei per tree, but, through an additional document, the price was changed to 1,500–2,400 lei, more than 50 times higher than the initial price, whereas the common retail prices on the market are currently around 100-300 lei.
Criticism of his initiatives
Criticism came from ''
Jurnalul Național
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Buchares ...
'', over the area of greenery which was removed for the creation of parking lots or buildings.
"Poleiala verde din sectorul parcărilor"
, '' Jurnalul Naţional'', October 10, 2007
Another initiative for which Negoiță was criticised by ''Gândul
''Gândul'' (, "The Thought") is a Romanian online newspaper published in Bucharest
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'' was spending large amounts of money for overpriced fixtures, such as spending €4 million for 'coloured public fountains', while at the same time, the town hall borrowed €70 million.["Negoiță – de la parcările în spic la fântânile colorate care "educă estetic" cetățenii. Primăria cu 70 de milioane de euro datorii"](_blank)
''Gândul
''Gândul'' (, "The Thought") is a Romanian online newspaper published in Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. ...
'', November 7, 2009
Electoral history
Mayor of Sector 3
Mayor of Sector 1
References
External links
*
Biography of Liviu Negoiţă on Sector 3's website
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Mayors of the sectors of Bucharest
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) politicians
20th-century Romanian lawyers
Politicians from Brăila
University of Bucharest alumni
1962 births
Living people