Victor Ciorbea

Victor Ciorbea ( born October 26, 1954 in Ponor ) is a Romanian politician who ruled since the end of 2012 a member of the Romanian Senate, representing the National Liberal Party. He was mayor of Bucharest in 1996 and from 1996 to 1998 Romanian Prime Minister.

Life

Ciorbea was born in the Transylvanian community Ponor 1954. After completing his law studies, he was from 1979 a judge at the Municipal Court of Bucharest, in the years 1984-1987 Attorney at the Attorney General's Office and taught from 1984 to 1990 at the University of Bucharest. In 1992 he took management seminars at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. After the fall of Ceausescu, he began working with the union and was from 1990 to 1996 chairman of various trade union federations.

Policy

Ciorbea occurred in 1981, the Communist Party, but was not politically active. He became a member of the Christian Democratic National Peasant Party ( PNTCD ) 1996.

As a candidate of the opposition party Democratic Alliance Convention (CDR ) Ciorbea was on 10 June 1996 Mayor of Bucharest. After the post-communist government suffered a defeat in the parliamentary elections of 3 November 1996 Ciorbea was on 12 December, Prime Minister of a coalition government of CDR, the Social Democratic Party of the U.S. dollar and the Magyar minority ( UDMR ). The coalition continued to stimulate the economy through tax cuts that facilitate foreign investments and accelerated privatization of state enterprises and received loans from the World Bank and IMF. In domestic policy, the government promised to fight corruption and the legal treatment of the Ceauşescu era. The reforms came after a short period to a halt; the deepening economic crisis and the declining standard of living led to clashes between the coalition partners. On 3 December 1997 Ciorbea made ​​to the Cabinet and occupied one-third of the departments new. The government crisis was, however, not complete. The REV ended December 11, its employees, on December 23, resigned Foreign Minister Adrian Severin. On January 14, the PD asked - the second largest force in the coalition CDR - the resignation of Ciorbea and moved on 28 January, their ministers from the cabinet back. As the leader of a minority government Ciorbea officiated until his resignation on 30 March 1998. After a dispute with Ion Diaconescu, leader of the PNTCD, Ciorbea founded on 17 April 1999, the right-wing conservative Christian Democratic National Alliance ( ANCD ). After both parties the catchment missed at the 2000 election to the parliament, the ANCD closed again in 2001 at the PNTCD. Ciorbea was from 2001 Chairman of the PNTCD; in 2004 relieved him Gheorghe Ciuhandu. Ciorbea retired in August 2004, initially from active politics and is a partner in a law firm. On 18 June 2011 he was again for a short time chairman of the Christian Democratic PNTCD. The legality of the election, however, was recognized by only one wing of the party, the party was shaken by several political and legal disputes over the legitimate representative of the party between various party wings. In the parliamentary elections in 2012, he was elected as a representative of the National Liberal Party in the Senate. He is a frequent guest on various television discussion programs on political issues.