President Emil Constantinescu President Emil Constantinescu Role Romanian Politician | Preceded by Constantin Dascalescu Preceded by Oliviu Gherman Name Petre Roman Children Oana Roman | |
Prime Minister Victor CiorbeaGavril Dejeu (Acting)Radu VasileAlexandru Athanasiu (Acting) Spouse Silvia Chifiriuc (m. 2009), Mioara Georgescu (m. 1974–2007) Parents Valter Roman, Hortensia Vallejo Similar People | ||
Petre Roman (Former Prime Minister of Romania)
Petre Roman ([ˈpetre ˈroman]; born 22 July 1946) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 1989 to 1991, when his government was overthrown by the intervention of the miners led by Miron Cozma. He was the first prime minister since 1945 who was not a Communist or fellow traveler. He was also the president of the Senate from 1996 to 1999 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2000. He was leader of the Democratic Force party, which he founded after leaving the Democratic Party in 2003. Currently, he is a member of the National Liberal Party, being a candidate for PNL for the Senate on the 43rd constituency, for Romanians outside Romania. He is also a member of the Club de Madrid, a group of more than 80 former democratic statesmen, which works to strengthen democratic governance and leadership.
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- Petre Roman Former Prime Minister of Romania
- Stories of change interview mit with petre roman
- Background
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Stories of change interview mit with petre roman
Background
Roman was born in Bucharest. His father, Valter Roman, born Ernst or Erno Neulander of Transylvanian Jewish descent, was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a Comintern activist, and a prominent member of the Romanian Communist Party. His mother Hortensia Vallejo was of Spanish origin. The couple married in Moscow, and he has several siblings. In 1974 Roman married Mioara Georgescu, with whom he has a daughter, Oana. In February 2007, husband and wife confirmed that they were divorcing; the divorce was made final on Good Friday, 6 April 2007. In June 2009, he married a pregnant Silvia Chifiriuc (who is 26 years his junior) in a Romanian Orthodox wedding.
Roman first rose to prominence during the Romanian Revolution of 1989, when he was among the crowd occupying the National Television building, and broadcasting messages expressing revolutionary triumph. He became provisional prime minister after the overthrow of the Communist regime, and was confirmed in office in June 1990, three months after the country's first free election in 53 years.
