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39-732: Cătălin Predoiu graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Bucharest in 1991. In 1994 he completed a training program in commercial law at the Caen Bar in France. Since 2003 he is a member of the Council of Bucharest Bar Association . Between 1994 and 2005 he taught commercial law as a lecturer at University of Bucharest. Predoiu published several articles and studies about commercial law and has received

78-550: A decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy into the current University of Bucharest, making it one of the oldest Romanian universities. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium (a group of elite Romanian universities). The University of Bucharest offers study programmes in Romanian and English and is classified as an advanced research and education university by

117-476: A 16-year-old girl, forcing her hospitalisation; despite a call by the prime minister, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu , for his resignation, Orban refused to do so and prosecutors ultimately decided not to pursue criminal charges, although his license was suspended and he was fined. Orban and his wife Mihaela have one son. His brother, Leonard Orban , is the former European Commissioner for Multilingualism . He

156-756: A Brașov factory from 1990 to 1991. From 1991 to 1992, he wrote for the daily Viitorul Românesc , and between 1997 and 2001, he held a series of government and agency positions at the Energy Policy Agency, the Disabled Persons Directorate, the Public Information Department, the National Public Employee Agency and the National Centre for Communications and Public Relations Specialisation. He has also been active in

195-594: A coalition government with the USR-PLUS and UDMR. On 25 November 2021 he was reappointed Minister of Justice again, in the incumbent Ciucă Cabinet . University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( UB ) ( Romanian : Universitatea din București ) is a public research university in Bucharest , Romania . It was founded in its current form on 4 July 1864 (160 years ago)  ( 1864-07-04 ) by

234-462: A foundation called "Children, the light of the world" and done consulting work. Orban was a Sector 3 local councillor from 1992 to 1996. He was elected a Sector 1 local councillor that year, but resigned. From 1992 to 1997, he was an advisor for the Liberal Party 1993 (PL '93) (belonging to the party's executive committee between 1993 and 1997) and its predecessor PNL-AT, two splinter groups of

273-789: A minister during summer 2008 floods, and once shouted, "The President is the last Sauron to rule in this realm of darkness!", referencing The Lord of the Rings of J.R.R. Tolkien . He also criticised the Emil Boc government, which during 2009 was composed of the Băsescu-associated Democratic Liberal Party and the Social Democrats , referring to the latter party's then-leader, Mircea Geoană , as Băsescu's "steward"; and attacking cabinet policies on education, tourism promotion (which he sees as an unnecessary luxury), and

312-530: A new term as PNL president. During the campaign, he staked out a liberal conservative position, emphasizing a commitment to traditional values and rejecting what he termed " neo-Marxist progressivism ". In September, during a party congress, Orban was defeated by Florin Cîțu on a 2,878–1,898 vote, or around 60%-40%. Shortly thereafter, he submitted his resignation as Chamber president to Cîțu. The latter not having taken any action by mid-October, Orban quit by notifying

351-592: A prize from the Romanian Academy as a co-author of a law treatise. He completed his Ph.D. degree in commercial banks in 2004. Predoiu was an associate lawyer at the Zamfirescu, Racoți, Predoiu (ZRP) law partnership until 2008 working as a commercial and corporate governance lawyer. His law firm assisted Rompetrol , the company owned by fellow Liberal Dinu Patriciu , as well as the American company Cross Lander during

390-507: A seat in the Chamber of Deputies in Călărași on PNL's party list. In November 2019, after the ousting of Viorica Dăncilă 's government in a no-confidence motion , Predoiu was reappointed Minister of Justice in the cabinet led by PNL leader Ludovic Orban . He served a 1-year term until Orban's resignation after the loss of the 2020 legislative elections and the appointment of Florin Cîțu to make

429-464: A while (in the 1950s and early 1960s), it was called the "C. I. Parhon University", after Constantin Ion Parhon . Most of the building is still intact, however during the bombardments of Bucharest in 1944 , the central corpus of the building was heavily damaged and demolished due to Luftwaffe bombs, and was only re-constructed in 1969–1971. Other sections were also completed by 1980. The area around

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468-463: Is a Romanian engineer and politician who was the prime minister of Romania from November 2019 to December 2020. He was president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) between 2017 and 2021, which expelled him shortly after he lost a bid for another term as its leader. He was also minister of transport from April 2007 to December 2008 in the second Tăriceanu cabinet . From 2008 to 2016, he

507-446: Is an accredited Cisco Academy, has Microsoft curriculum, and is accredited by Red Hat for its academic programme. The University of Bucharest has a number of buildings throughout Bucharest, so in that respect it does not have a single campus. Its two main buildings are: Other faculties have their own buildings and research facilities, scattered throughout the city, such as: The university prints an annual guide for freshmen. In

546-613: The Ministry of Education . The University of Bucharest was founded by the Decree no. 765 of 4 July 1864 by Alexandru Ioan Cuza and is a leading academic centre and a significant point of reference in society. The University of Bucharest is rich in history and has been actively contributing to the development and modernization of Romanian education, science, and culture since 1694. In 1694 Constantin Brâncoveanu , ruler of Wallachia , had founded

585-699: The National Anticorruption Directorate . He was not a candidate in the 2016 parliamentary election . In January 2017, the High Court of Cassation and Justice acquitted him on a charge of influence peddling. The following month, he announced his candidacy for the PNL leadership; he went on to defeat Cristian Bușoi by a 78–21 margin. In October 2019, after the fall of Viorica Dăncilă 's government, President Klaus Iohannis designated Orban as prime minister . His cabinet received parliamentary approval

624-706: The Princely Academy in Bucharest with lectures delivered in Greek. In 1776, Alexander Ypsilantis , ruler of Wallachia, reformed the curriculum of the Princely Academy, where courses of French, Italian, and Latin were now taught. After 1821, the Princely Academy was continued by the Saint Sava College . In 1857, Carol Davila and Nicolae Crețulescu created the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy . In 1859,

663-694: The financial crisis (where he foresaw the government being unable to pay pensions and salaries). Speaking to a group of female PNL members in Alba County in March 2006, he drew accusations of sexism for saying, "You need not go through any boss's bed to reach important public positions," and declaring that Mioara Mantale , Elena Udrea and party colleague Raluca Turcan had done so, but not Mona Muscă or Norica Nicolai . Driving in Cotroceni in December 2007, his car hit

702-454: The first Boc Cabinet . In the second Boc cabinet, he was one of three independent ministers of that government (together with Mihail Dumitru and Teodor Baconschi ) and the only member of the Tăriceanu cabinet still in office. In December 2009, he was reappointed Minister of Justice, and became the only independent minister, after Dumitru was replaced and Baconschi became a member of PDL. He

741-628: The 2012 QS World University Rankings , the University of Bucharest was included in the Top 601-701 universities of the world, together with three other Romanian universities, including Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca , and Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași . The University of Bucharest has been awarded the 2000 National Academic Excellence Diploma, and the 2004 National Academic Excellence Medal. All of

780-450: The Chamber secretariat himself. In November, the PNL leadership expelled Orban from the party. The following month, he founded a new centre-right party, Force of the Right (FD). Orban is a somewhat controversial figure, known for his provocative declarations. A fierce critic of the former president , Traian Băsescu , he called him an "imbecile" for referring to the "imbecile" attitude of

819-626: The Faculty of Law was created. In 1857, the foundation stone of the University Palace in Bucharest was laid. On 4/16 July 1864, Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza established the University of Bucharest, bringing together the Faculties of Law, Sciences and Letters as one single body. In 1869, the Faculty of Medicine is created through the transformation of the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy. In

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858-703: The Institute for Political Research, the Institute for Mathematics, the Center for Byzantine Studies, the Vasile Pârvan Archeology Seminary, the Center for Nuclear Research, etc.), master and doctorate programmes, and a number of lifelong learning facilities and programmes. It has partnership agreements with over 50 universities in 40 countries, and participates in European programmes such as ERASMUS , Lingua, Naric, Leonardo da Vinci, UNICA, AMOS, TEMPUS, TEMPRA. It

897-597: The PDL, being named the First Vice President and Shadow Prime Minister of the party. Following the alliance of PDL and PNL, National Liberal presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis expressed his support for Predoiu as prime-minister. In 2014, following the merger between PDL and PNL, he became First Vice President of PNL until an unification Congress in the summer of 2017. In the Romanian legislative election of 2016 , Predoiu won

936-468: The PNL presidency and the sidelining of the Tăriceanu faction, Orban became the party's vice president. He ran for the party presidency in December 2014 and was defeated by Alina Gorghiu on a 47–28 vote. Orban was a candidate in the June 2016 race for mayor of Bucharest, but two months before the election, withdrew from the race as well as from his PNL and Chamber posts after being placed under investigation by

975-458: The University of Bucharest, was elected President of Romania , after defeating Ion Iliescu in the 1996 Romanian presidential election . The University of Bucharest has 19 faculties, covering various fields such as natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and theology: The university has the following five interdisciplinary departments: The university also has a publishing house, different research institutes and research groups (such as

1014-417: The cabinet, given the emergency circumstances , while pledging concerted opposition. PRO Romania voted against. Orban resigned in December, following the PNL's poor performance at the parliamentary election . At the same time, Orban himself won a new term in the Chamber. Once the new parliament convened, he was elected its president , defeating his PSD rival by a vote of 179–110. In 2021, Orban ran for

1053-587: The city's Andrei Șaguna High School in 1982. He then studied industrial machinery design technology at the University of Brașov , graduating in 1988. In 1993, he completed post-graduate studies in political science at the National School of Administration and Political Science of Bucharest . From 1988 to 1990, a period that spanned the Romanian Revolution , he trained as an engineer at an insulation factory in Târgu Secuiesc . He worked as an engineer at

1092-426: The controversial privatization and bankruptcy of ARO SUV producer. Predoiu was a member of the board of directors of the state-owned CEC Bank until March 2008, when he resigned due to incompatibility of office. Predoiu became a member in 1991 of the National Liberal Party - Young Wing (PNL-AT; a splinter from the National Liberal Party led by Dinu Patriciu and Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu ), however this party

1131-588: The degrees and diplomas awarded by the university are internationally recognised. The University of Bucharest is a member of numerous international organisations and partnerships, including: As part of the on-going ERASMUS programme, the University of Bucharest has approximately 225 Erasmus agreements with European partner universities. 44°26′8.00″N 26°6′4.02″E  /  44.4355556°N 26.1011167°E  / 44.4355556; 26.1011167 Ludovic Orban Ludovic Orban ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈludovik ˈorban] ; born 25 May 1963)

1170-490: The following month, with 240 lawmakers voting in favor, seven more than required. His government was ousted via a no-confidence motion in February 2020, with 261 lawmakers voting in favor. The following month, a new Orban-led cabinet received parliamentary approval on a 286–23 vote. Most PNL representatives, including Orban himself, were absent due to suspected exposure to COVID-19 . The Social Democrats (PSD) voted in favor of

1209-648: The following years, new faculties were created: 1884 – the Faculty of Theology; 1906 – the Institute of Geology; 1913 – the Academic Institute for Electrotechnology; 1921 – the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; 1923 – the Faculty of Pharmacy, 1924 – the Mina Minovici Institute of Forensic Medicine. In 1956, student leaders, mainly from this university, planned a peaceful protest against Romania's Communist regime but were forcibly prevented from carrying it out. (See Bucharest student movement of 1956 ). For

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1248-548: The main National Liberal Party (PNL) which sided with the Romanian Democratic Convention during the mid- to late-1990s. In 1998, he joined the PNL's national council, after the PL '93 merged into it. From 2001 to 2002, he sat on the PNL's permanent central bureau and, in 2002, joined the party's public administration committee. He headed the Bucharest chapter of the PNL from November 2002 and, from July 2004 to April 2007,

1287-476: The old University building (the University Square ), adjacent to the C. A. Rosetti , Roman , Kogălniceanu , and Union squares was the scene of many riots, protests and clashes with the security forces during the Romanian Revolution of 1989. During the months of April–June 1990, the University of Bucharest was the centre of anti-communist protests. In 1996, Emil Constantinescu , the then rector of

1326-557: Was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest . He resumed his parliamentary seat within the Chamber of Deputies after the 2020 Romanian legislative election ; shortly thereafter, he was elected president of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania . He resigned from this position in October 2021. Two months later, he founded a new centre-right political party, the Force of the Right (FD). Orban

1365-506: Was born in the Transylvanian city of Brașov to an ethnic Hungarian father and an ethnic Romanian mother. He was baptized and confirmed into his father’s Unitarian Church of Transylvania , and speaks Hungarian at a basic level. Between 1948 and 1956, under the early communist regime , the elder Orban was an agent of the Securitate secret police. Orban completed secondary studies at

1404-510: Was deputy mayor of Bucharest. He left this office following a cabinet reshuffle, becoming transport minister until his party's loss at the 2008 election , where he himself won a seat in a Bucharest constituency. While minister, he also ran for mayor of Bucharest as part of the 2008 local elections , losing in the first round by finishing in fourth place with 11.4% of the vote. In March 2009, concurrent with his ally Crin Antonescu 's ascent to

1443-472: Was extended in the new Emil Boc Cabinet (since 22 December 2008), composed of Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) members. This brought criticism from his party, the National Liberal Party (PNL), which led to Predoiu's self-suspension from it. He argued that he accepted this new nomination only to continue his work at the ministry. He was the only independent minister in

1482-511: Was replaced in his position on 8 May 2012. In October 2011, the Ministry of Justice signed a 1.5 million lei contract with RVA Insolvency, a company to which Predoiu's father-in-law was an associate. According to the Ministry, the conflict of interest laws did not apply in this case because the contract was financed by the World Bank , not the government budget. In 2013, Predoiu became a member of

1521-512: Was soon disbanded in 1993. On February 29, 2008, in a move that surprised even other leaders of National Liberal Party, Prime-Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu proposed him as Minister of Justice, his candidature being approved by President Traian Băsescu . He was a candidate from PNL for the Chamber of Deputies in Buzău , however, he got only 28.9% of the votes, losing to Social Democrat Marian Ghiveciu , who got 46.6%. His term as Minister of Justice

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