Emil Constantinescu

Emil Constantinescu
Constantinescu in 1998
President of Romania
In office
29 November 1996 – 20 December 2000
Prime MinisterNicolae Văcăroiu
Preceded byIon Iliescu
Succeeded byIon Iliescu
Leader of the Romanian Democratic Convention
In office
November 1992 – 29 November 1996
Preceded byCorneliu Coposu
Personal details
Born (1939-11-19) 19 November 1939 (age 85)
Tighina, Ținutul Nistru, Kingdom of Romania (present day de jure Tighina, Republic of Moldova, de facto Bender, Transnistrian Moldovan Republic)
Political partyNational Liberal Party (2008–present)
Other political
affiliations
Romanian Communist Party (1965–1989)
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (1990–1996)
Independent (1996–2000; PNȚ-CD membership suspended while president)
People's Action (2001–2008)
SpouseNadia Ileana Constantinescu
ChildrenDragoș
Norina Boru
ProfessionProfessor of Geology
ReligionEastern Orthodox
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Emil Constantinescu (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈmil konstantiˈnesku] ; born 19 November 1939) is a Romanian professor and politician, who served as the President of Romania, from 1996 to 2000.

After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Constantinescu became a founding member and vice president of the Civic Alliance (AC). In addition, he also served as the acting president of the Democratic Romanian Anti-Totalitarian Forum, the first associative structure of the democratic opposition in post-1989 Romania, which was later transformed into a centre-right political and electoral alliance known as the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR).[1] He had also subsequently presided the People's Action (AP) party from the early 2000s until it merged into the National Liberal Party (PNL) in 2008. Nowadays, Constantinescu remains involved in Romanian politics solely to a limited extent.

  1. ^ Rafto.no. "Doina Cornea". Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2018.