Mircea Ionescu-Quintus

Mircea Ionescu-Quintus
Ionescu-Quintus (right) with Adrian Năstase (left)
President of the Senate of Romania
In office 4 February 2000 – 30 November 2000
Preceded by	Petre Roman
Succeeded by	Nicolae Văcăroiu
Minister of Justice
In office 16 October 1991 – 18 November 1992
Prime Minister	Theodor Stolojan
Preceded by	Victor Babiuc
Succeeded by	Petre Ninosu
Member of the Senate of Romania
In office 22 November 1996 – 12 December 2004
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 9 June 1990 – 15 October 1992
Leader of the National Liberal Party
In office 28 February 1993 – 18 February 2001
Preceded by	Radu Câmpeanu
Succeeded by	Valeriu Stoica
Personal details
Born	(1917-03-18)18 March 1917 Kherson, Russian Republic
Died	15 September 2017(2017-09-15) (aged 100) Ploiești, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Political party	National Liberal Party (PNL)
Spouse	Viorica Ionescu-Quintus
Children	1

Mircea Ionescu-Quintus (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirtʃe̯a joˈnesku ˈkvintus]; 18 March 1917 – 15 September 2017) was a Romanian politician who served as a senator and Minister of Justice in the Stolojan Cabinet (1991–1992). He was also the second post-1989 president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from 1993 to 2001. He also briefly served as Senate President in 2000, during the late part of the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) governance. Ionescu-Quintus turned 100 in March 2017,^[1] and died six months later.^[2][3]

Currently, he is the longest serving post-1989 president of the National Liberal Party (PNL), having led the party for 7 years and 11 months between 1993 and 2001.^{[citation needed]}