Petru Filip
Petru Filip (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpetru ˈfilip]; born 23 January 1955 in Slobozia, Romania) is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). Since 2008, he has been a member of the Senate, representing Bihor County.
Biography
Filip served as mayor of Oradea (1992–1996, 2000–2007). He and his wife Valeria, a medical doctor, have one daughter.
Filip holds two PhD degrees, one in engineering and the second in public administration. For the latter of the two subjects he is holding a chair at the "Agora" University in Oradea as an associate professor.
Elected as leader of the Bihor County chapter of the Democratic Party in 1998, he became vice-president of the National Permanent Bureau (BPN) of the same party in 2005. On April 30, 2010, Filip resigned from his position as chairman of the county party chapter.
He ended his third term as Mayor of Oradea prematurely.
Following a short career as an MEP, Filip returned to national politics in Romania, and the in the late fall of 2008, he was elected Senator. He was assigned to the Committee for Public Administration, Territorial Planning and Environmental Protection, which he chaired until September 8, 2010, when he was elected vice president of the Senate.[citation needed] He was a member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) until April 2012 when his defection to the PSD.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ (in Romanian) "Senatorul Petru Filip se înscrie în PSD", Gândul, 23 April 2012; accessed April 24, 2012
References
- Your MEPs: Petru Filip
- Filip Petru
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External links
- www.petrufilip.ro
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(Moderating Body)
1864–1866
- Nifon Rusailă
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1866–1940
- Nifon Rusailă
- Ștefan Golescu
- Nicolae Golescu
- Alexandru Plagino
- Nifon Rusailă
- Calinic Miclescu
- Constantin Bosianu
- Dimitrie Ghica
- Ion Emanoil Florescu
- Nicolae Crețulescu
- Ion Emanoil Florescu
- Constantin Boerescu
- Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
- Dimitrie Ghica
- Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza
- Eugeniu Stătescu
- Nicolae Gane
- Constantin Boerescu
- Eugeniu Stătescu
- Petre S. Aurelian
- Constantin Boerescu
- Petre S. Aurelian
- Constantin Budișteanu
- Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
- Theodor Rosetti
- Ion Lahovari
- Basile M. Missir
- Emanoil Porumbaru
- Dimitrie Dobrescu
- Paul Bujor
- Constantin Coandă
- Mihail Pherekyde
- Constantin I. Nicolaescu
- Constantin Coandă
- Constantin I. Nicolaescu
- Traian Bratu
- Mihail Sadoveanu
- Neculai Costăchescu
- Leonte Moldovan
- Constantin Dimitriu-Dovlecel
- Alexandru Lapedatu
- Nicolae Iorga
- Constantin Argetoianu
since 1990
- Alexandru Bârlădeanu
- Oliviu Gherman
- Petre Roman
- Mircea Ionescu-Quintus
- Nicolae Văcăroiu
- Doru-Ioan Tǎrǎcilǎ*
- Ilie Sârbu
- Mircea Geoană
- Petru Filip*
- Vasile Blaga
- Crin Antonescu
- Cristian Dumitrescu*
- Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
- Șerban Valeca*
- Teodor Meleșcanu
- Titus Corlățean*
- Robert Cazanciuc*
- Anca Dragu
- Florin Cîțu
- Alina Gorghiu*