Liviu Negoita
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Liviu Gheorghe "Livache" Negoiţă (born March 22, 1962) is a Romania
n politician and lawyer, member of the Democratic Liberal Party
and the mayor of Bucharest's
Sector 3
since 2004.
, Negoiţă completed his law degree in 1990, at University of Bucharest
's Faculty of Law and was a practising lawyer. Aside from Romanian
, he speaks English
and Italian
. He married Carmen in 2005, his wedding godfather being Adriean Videanu
, a leader of his party.
in the Romanian legislative election, 1996
on the lists of National Liberal Party - Democratic Convention
. In 1998, he resigned from the National Liberal Party and joined the Democratic Party. In the 2000 elections
, he was re-elected on the lists of the Democratic Party, being a deputy until 2004.
as Prime-Minister, but the parliamentary majority voted against him, continuing to insist on Klaus Iohannis as Prime Minister. On November 6, 2009 president Traian Băsescu
, associated with PD-L, nominated him as candidate for Prime Minister of Romania
. His chosen cabinet was however almost identical to the one of Croitoru.
However, the Democratic Liberal Party had no parliamentary majority and the Parliament surpassed the 14-day limit for the hearing the members of Negoiţă's cabinet, thus extending the political deadlock in Romania and leaving Emil Boc
in office as acting Prime Minister until the presidential election
.
After Băsescu's win in the election, he re-nominated Negoiţă as a candidate for Prime Minister of Romania, however, he is expected to give up as a solution to the deadlock.
AA Marketing and Management SRL, a small company owned by Florina Mihaela Gruia, a personal friend of Negoiţă, won contracts valued at tens of millions of euros for building playgrounds and importing street furniture
.
The waste collection
, car towing
and landscaping
services are provided by Rosal, a company owned by PD-L politician Silviu Prigoană
, who also is associated in another company with Negoiţă's wife.
ACM 93, a company which won road building and maintenance contracts of over 200 million lei (€50 million), is owned by Ionel Pirpiliu, the brother of Ştefan Pirpiliu, a PD-L politician and friend of Negoiţă. The way many of the contracts were awarded to this company has been criticised by Evenimentul Zilei
, because there were no competitive bids, being simple additional documents to older contracts.
In one case, companies owned by Prigoană and Gruia won contracts for providing Platanus
trees at a price of 30 lei per tree, but, through an additional document, the price was changed to 1,500-2,400 lei, more than 50 times higher than the initial price, whereas the common retail prices on the market are currently around 100-300 lei.
, over the area of greenery which was removed for the creation of parking lots or buildings.
Another initiative for which Negoiţă was criticised by Gândul
was spending large amounts of money for overpriced fixtures, such as spending €4 million for 'coloured public fountains', while at the same time, the town hall borrowed €70 million.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n politician and lawyer, member of the Democratic Liberal Party
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)
The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...
and the mayor of Bucharest's
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
Sector 3
Sector 3 (Bucharest)
Sector 3 is a sector in Bucharest.-Quarters:*Balta Albă*Centrul Civic*Dristor*Dudeşti*Lipscani*Muncii*Titan*Unirii*Vitan*Timpuri Noi*Decebal-Politics:...
since 2004.
Biography
Born in BrăilaBraila
Brăila is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County, in the close vicinity of Galaţi.According to the 2002 Romanian census there were 216,292 people living within the city of Brăila, making it the 10th most populous city in Romania.-History:A...
, Negoiţă completed his law degree in 1990, at University of Bucharest
University of Bucharest
The University of Bucharest , in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexander John Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.-Presentation:...
's Faculty of Law and was a practising lawyer. Aside from Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
, he speaks English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
. He married Carmen in 2005, his wedding godfather being Adriean Videanu
Adriean Videanu
Adriean Videanu is a businessman and former mayor of Bucharest, Romania. He is also a vice president of the Democratic Liberal Party of Romania, which is led by Emil Boc and the Minister of Economy in the Boc Cabinet, from 22 December 2008.A businessman in the marble and granite industry, Videanu...
, a leader of his party.
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Negoiţă won a seat in the Chamber of Deputies of RomaniaChamber of Deputies of Romania
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 315 seats, to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms...
in the Romanian legislative election, 1996
Romanian legislative election, 1996
Legislative elections were held in Romania on 3 November 1996, together with the Presidential election. The elections were won by the Romanian Democratic Convention, an alliance of liberal, Christian Democratic and green parties. This marked the first time that the Party of Social Democracy was out...
on the lists of National Liberal Party - Democratic Convention
National Liberal Party (Romania)
The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social...
. In 1998, he resigned from the National Liberal Party and joined the Democratic Party. In the 2000 elections
Romanian legislative election, 2000
Legislative elections where be held in Romania on November 26, 2000, together with the Presidential election. The Greater Romania Party made big gains, as did the PDSR, which became the ruling party. The formerly governing Romanian Democratic Convention lost all its seats and was shortly...
, he was re-elected on the lists of the Democratic Party, being a deputy until 2004.
Mayor of Bucharest's Sector 3
Liviu Negoiţă was the candidate of the Democratic Party for mayor of Bucharest's Sector 3, Bucharest's most populous sector, winning the 2004 elections, keeping his seat after he won the 2008 local elections with 79,05%. During his management, the town hall built 300 playgrounds and a large number of parking spaces.Candidate for Prime-Minister
After the fall of the Boc government, Băsescu designated Lucian CroitoruLucian Croitoru
Lucian Croitoru is a Romanian economist. On October 15, 2009, following the defeat of Emil Boc's government through a motion of no confidence, President Traian Băsescu nominated Croitoru to be Prime Minister of Romania...
as Prime-Minister, but the parliamentary majority voted against him, continuing to insist on Klaus Iohannis as Prime Minister. On November 6, 2009 president Traian Băsescu
Traian Basescu
Traian Băsescu is the current President of Romania. After serving as the mayor of Bucharest from June 2000 until December 2004, he was elected president in the Romanian Presidential Elections of 2004 and inaugurated on December 20, 2004...
, associated with PD-L, nominated him as candidate for Prime Minister of Romania
Prime Minister of Romania
The Prime Minister of Romania is the head of the Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled President of the Council of Ministers , when the term "Government" included more than the Cabinet, and the Cabinet was called The Council of Ministers...
. His chosen cabinet was however almost identical to the one of Croitoru.
However, the Democratic Liberal Party had no parliamentary majority and the Parliament surpassed the 14-day limit for the hearing the members of Negoiţă's cabinet, thus extending the political deadlock in Romania and leaving Emil Boc
Emil Boc
Emil Boc is the Prime Minister of Romania, having served since December 2008. In June 2004, he was elected Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city in Transylvania. Boc is also the president of the Democratic Liberal Party, who designated him as Prime Minister in 2008. On October 13, 2009, his...
in office as acting Prime Minister until the presidential election
Romanian presidential election, 2009
The first round of 2009 Romanian presidential elections was held in Romania on 22 November and a run-off round between Traian Băsescu and Mircea Geoană was held on 6 December 2009. Although most exit polls favored Geoană in the runoff, the authorities declared Băsescu the narrow victor with 50.33%...
.
After Băsescu's win in the election, he re-nominated Negoiţă as a candidate for Prime Minister of Romania, however, he is expected to give up as a solution to the deadlock.
Public works contracts
Controversies arose during his terms as mayor of Bucharest 3rd sector because many public works contracts were won by companies owned by his friends, relatives or members of his party, the PD-L.AA Marketing and Management SRL, a small company owned by Florina Mihaela Gruia, a personal friend of Negoiţă, won contracts valued at tens of millions of euros for building playgrounds and importing street furniture
Street furniture
Street furniture is a collective term for objects and pieces of equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes, including traffic barriers,...
.
The waste collection
Waste collection
Waste collection is the component of waste management which results in the passage of a waste material from the source of production to either the point of treatment or final disposal...
, car towing
Towing
Towing is the process of pulling or drawing behind a chain, line, bar or some other form of couplings. Towing is most visibly performed by road vehicles, but anything from waterborne vessels to tractors to people can tow cargo. Troop carrying and cargo carrying gliders were towed behind powered...
and landscaping
Landscaping
Landscaping refers to any activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land, including:# living elements, such as flora or fauna; or what is commonly referred to as gardening, the art and craft of growing plants with a goal of creating a beautiful environment within the landscape.#...
services are provided by Rosal, a company owned by PD-L politician Silviu Prigoană
Silviu Prigoană
Silviu Vasile Prigoană is a Romanian businessman and politician, member of the Democratic Liberal Party.He owns 60% of Rosal, a waste collection company which services Bucharest's Sector 3, Cluj-Napoca, Suceava and Baia Mare....
, who also is associated in another company with Negoiţă's wife.
ACM 93, a company which won road building and maintenance contracts of over 200 million lei (€50 million), is owned by Ionel Pirpiliu, the brother of Ştefan Pirpiliu, a PD-L politician and friend of Negoiţă. The way many of the contracts were awarded to this company has been criticised by Evenimentul Zilei
Evenimentul Zilei
Evenimentul Zilei is one of the leading newspapers in Romania. Based in Bucharest, the Romanian-language daily has a paid daily circulation of 110,000...
, because there were no competitive bids, being simple additional documents to older contracts.
In one case, companies owned by Prigoană and Gruia won contracts for providing Platanus
Platanus
Platanus is a small genus of trees native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae....
trees at a price of 30 lei per tree, but, through an additional document, the price was changed to 1,500-2,400 lei, more than 50 times higher than the initial price, whereas the common retail prices on the market are currently around 100-300 lei.
Criticism of his initiatives
Criticism came from Jurnalul NaţionalJurnalul National
Jurnalul Naţional is a Romanian newspaper, part of the Intact media group led by Dan Voiculescu, which also includes the popular TV station Antena 1....
, over the area of greenery which was removed for the creation of parking lots or buildings.
Another initiative for which Negoiţă was criticised by Gândul
Gândul
Gândul is a Romanian daily newspaper published in Bucharest. It was founded in May 2005 by Mircea Dinescu, who used to write a daily editorial called "Vorba lu' Dinescu", and Cristian Tudor Popescu, who was also the editor-in-chief until January 2008. Its initial circulation was about 52,000...
was spending large amounts of money for overpriced fixtures, such as spending €4 million for 'coloured public fountains', while at the same time, the town hall borrowed €70 million.