Petru Filip
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Petru Filip is a Romanian politician, member of the Liberal Democratic Party (PD-L, formerly PD-Partidul Democrat) currently holding the uninominal seat for College 3 Oradea Sud-Holod-Salonta in the Senate of Romania.
of the municipality of Oradea
(1992–1996, 2000–2004, 2004–2007), the capital of Bihor county
, Romania
.
Married to Dr. Valeria Filip, MD, Petru Filip is the father of Roxana (born 1980).
Petru Filip holds two PhD degrees, one in engineering, the second in public administration. For the latter of the two subjects, he is holding a chair at the "Agora" University in Oradea, as Associate Professor. Several years spent as an Expert of the Urban Institute in Washington add value to both his experience as a public official as well as his academic achievements in the field of Public Administration.
Elected as leader of the Bihor
county branch 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, Petru Filip resigned his position as chairman of the Bihor County Branch of PD-L.
Given his long and successful tenure, his loyalty towards his Party and his experience in regional and local politics, he must be regarded as one of the significant figures in the second line of the Liberal Democratic Party (PD-L). To the landmarks of his political career one may count holding the mayor chair of one of the 10 largest Romanian municipalities as member of an opposition party, during the 2000-2004 PSD
(formerly PDSR/FDSN/FSN) government, as well as a spectacular comeback in 2000 after having been once ousted as mayor in the 1996 elections.
As previously rumored, he ended his third term as Mayor of Oradea shortly before time, after being helped into European politics by the comfortable score attained by his Democratic Party's national list at the polls on November 25, 2007.
This date entered Romanian history as the finish line of the first ever electoral race to be lead in Romania for an alloted total of 35 seats (33, since 2009) in the European Parliament, after the country joined the European Union at the beginning of 2007.
Following a short career as MEP, Petru Filip returned to the stage of national politics in Romania, in late fall 2008 He ran and was elected Senator. For his (presumably) four year term in the upper House of the Romanian Parliament, he joined the Permanent Commission for Public Administration, Territorial Planning and Environmental Protection, which he chaired until September 8, 2010, when he was elected Vice President of the Senate.
Biography
Filip served as mayorMayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of the municipality of Oradea
Oradea
Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...
(1992–1996, 2000–2004, 2004–2007), the capital of Bihor county
Bihor County
Bihor is a county of Romania, in Crişana, with capital city at Oradea. Together with Hajdú-Bihar County in Hungary it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.-Demographics:...
, Romania
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...
.
Married to Dr. Valeria Filip, MD, Petru Filip is the father of Roxana (born 1980).
Petru Filip holds two PhD degrees, one in engineering, the second in public administration. For the latter of the two subjects, he is holding a chair at the "Agora" University in Oradea, as Associate Professor. Several years spent as an Expert of the Urban Institute in Washington add value to both his experience as a public official as well as his academic achievements in the field of Public Administration.
Elected as leader of the Bihor
Bihor County
Bihor is a county of Romania, in Crişana, with capital city at Oradea. Together with Hajdú-Bihar County in Hungary it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.-Demographics:...
county branch 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, Petru Filip resigned his position as chairman of the Bihor County Branch of PD-L.
Given his long and successful tenure, his loyalty towards his Party and his experience in regional and local politics, he must be regarded as one of the significant figures in the second line of the Liberal Democratic Party (PD-L). To the landmarks of his political career one may count holding the mayor chair of one of the 10 largest Romanian municipalities as member of an opposition party, during the 2000-2004 PSD
Social Democratic Party (Romania)
The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
(formerly PDSR/FDSN/FSN) government, as well as a spectacular comeback in 2000 after having been once ousted as mayor in the 1996 elections.
As previously rumored, he ended his third term as Mayor of Oradea shortly before time, after being helped into European politics by the comfortable score attained by his Democratic Party's national list at the polls on November 25, 2007.
This date entered Romanian history as the finish line of the first ever electoral race to be lead in Romania for an alloted total of 35 seats (33, since 2009) in the European Parliament, after the country joined the European Union at the beginning of 2007.
Following a short career as MEP, Petru Filip returned to the stage of national politics in Romania, in late fall 2008 He ran and was elected Senator. For his (presumably) four year term in the upper House of the Romanian Parliament, he joined the Permanent Commission for Public Administration, Territorial Planning and Environmental Protection, which he chaired until September 8, 2010, when he was elected Vice President of the Senate.