The România Renaissance Movement (also translated as ''Romania Reborn! Movement'') is a

non-governmental A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

civic-political organization in

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 ...

, which supports an independent candidacy of

Mircea Geoană Dan Mircea Geoană (; born 14 July 1958) is a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the Secretary General of NATO, deputy secretary general of NATO between 2019 and 2024. He previously served as president of the Senate of Romania from D ...

in the 2024 Romanian presidential elections. It is led by Dr. Prof. univ.

Dumitru Borțun Dumitru is a Romanian surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include: *Alina Alexandra Dumitru (born 1982), Romanian judoka *Alexe Dumitru (1935–1971), Romanian sprint canoer *Ion Dumitru (born 1950), Romanian footballer *Jonatha ...

, a former presidential advisor (between 1993 and 1996) and former candidate for

Mayor of Bucharest The mayor of Bucharest (), sometimes known as the general mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast ...

in the

2016 Romanian local election Local elections were held in Romania on 5 June 2016. Using a First-past-the-post voting, first past the post system, the following were contested: * All the commune, town, and city councils (Local Councils, ), and the Sectors Local Councils of Bu ...

, on behalf of the Romanian Social Party (founded and led by Geoană himself).

Mission

The Romania Renaissance mission declares itself a "community of

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and democrats in the service of the

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, who want

to make a historic leap in development". At the end of June, the "Romania Reborn!" Movement launched an appeal to what she considers to be "the healthy and democratic forces in Romania" to support the independent candidacy of

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deputy secretary general

. Also, the organization asked Mircea Geoană to assume a candidacy for the position of

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Members

The movement has more than 7,000 members, two parties, and 32 civic organizations and non-governmental organizations have joined so far. * Dumitru Borțun – doctor of philosophy and professor at the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations of the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA) in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

* Alina Achim Inayeh – former director of the Bucharest Office and the Black Sea Trust within the German Marshall Fund * Cătălin Tomescu – Head of

's Southeast Multinational Corps Command between 2020 and 2022, with three stars

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* Cezar Gheorghe – CEO and founder of AGRIColumn * Marius Profiroiu – professor at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest * Ștefan Busnatu – cardiologist at the "Bagdasar Arseni" Emergency Clinical Hospital, head of works and vice-dean at the Faculty of Medicine of the "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCD) in Bucharest * Ioana Mateș – lawyer * Clara Volintiru – director of the Bucharest branches of the

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, respectively the Black Sea Trust (BST) * Paula Pîrvănescu – former independent candidate in the 2024 European Parliament elections, president of the RBC Association (Romanian Business Chamber) between 2020 and 2024 * Augustin Jianu – former Minister of Communications and Information Society (January 4 – June 29, 2017), co-founder and CEO of Facem, co-founder of the Romanian startup certME * Florentin Gust – president of the

Dolj Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to '' Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county (județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova. Demographics In 2011, the coun ...

branch of the Red Cross and member of the Steering Committee of the

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, PSRO deputy in the 2008–2012 and 2012–2016 legislatures, founder of Kangen Center Romania * Radu Preda – senator in the 2016–2020 legislature * Marius Tunduc – co-founder of Cest Pharma and president of the National Union of Columbophiles from Romania – "Columba" * Marius Lazăr – former co-president of the Green Party, former secretary of state in the Ministry of Labour * Mihai Apostolache – university lecturer, PSD deputy in the 2004–2008 and 2008–2012 legislatures, president of the Romania in Action Party * Simona Neumann – former executive director o
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* Adrian Tudor – former deputy mayor of

Târgu Jiu Târgu Jiu (, is the capital city, capital of Gorj County in the Oltenia region of Romania. It is situated on the Southern Sub-Carpathian Mountains, Carpathians, on the banks of the river Jiu (river), Jiu. Eight localities are administered by the ...

, executive president of Green Party *

Ioana Petrescu Ioana Maria Petrescu (born July 1, 1980) is a Romanian economist who served as the country's Finance Minister. She is a public policy scholar at Harvard Kennedy School and runs a Romanian NGO "Pur și Simplu Verde" that supports local government ...

–

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

economist who served as the country's

Finance Minister A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

in 2014, president of environmentalist NGO "Pur și Simplu Verde"

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* {{in lang, ro Political party alliances in Romania

Mission

Members

See also

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