Sorin Oprescu
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Sorin Mircea Oprescu is a Romania
n independent politician and medical doctor who is currently serving as Mayor of Bucharest
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He was a senator representing the Social Democratic Party
between 2000 and April 2008, serving as the vice-president of the Senate Committee for Public Health. Oprescu resigned from the Senate on 24 June 2008.
In February 2006, Oprescu also became the president of the Social Democratic Party's Bucharest branch, a position from which he stepped down upon quitting the party in April 2008.
In 2008, after the Social Democratic Party refused to nominate him to the mayoral elections, he ran as an independent candidate. He earned the most votes in the first round of the elections.
For the second round, against the Democrat-Liberal Vasile Blaga
, he got the support of the Liberals and Social-Democrats, who announced they support anyone who candidated against the Democrat-Liberals. He won the second round against Vasile Blaga. Nevertheless, Social-Democrat mayor of Bucharest's Sector 2, Neculai Onţanu, announced he supported Blaga, while the Social-Democrat mayor of Sector 5, Marian Vanghelie
announced he would not support Oprescu and accused him of being a "cheap demagogue".
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 independent politician and medical doctor who is currently serving as Mayor of Bucharest
Mayor of Bucharest
The Mayor of Bucharest , sometimes known as the General Mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, which is responsible for city-wide affairs, such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards...
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Political activity
He was one of the independenthttp://www.sorinoprescu.ro/ candidates running for president of Romania in the presidential elections which took place on the 22nd of November 2009.He was a senator representing the Social Democratic Party
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...
between 2000 and April 2008, serving as the vice-president of the Senate Committee for Public Health. Oprescu resigned from the Senate on 24 June 2008.
In February 2006, Oprescu also became the president of the Social Democratic Party's Bucharest branch, a position from which he stepped down upon quitting the party in April 2008.
In 2008, after the Social Democratic Party refused to nominate him to the mayoral elections, he ran as an independent candidate. He earned the most votes in the first round of the elections.
For the second round, against the Democrat-Liberal Vasile Blaga
Vasile Blaga
Vasile Blaga is a Romanian politician and the current Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, and a former Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice former Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs....
, he got the support of the Liberals and Social-Democrats, who announced they support anyone who candidated against the Democrat-Liberals. He won the second round against Vasile Blaga. Nevertheless, Social-Democrat mayor of Bucharest's Sector 2, Neculai Onţanu, announced he supported Blaga, while the Social-Democrat mayor of Sector 5, Marian Vanghelie
Marian Vanghelie
Daniel Marian Vanghelie is a Romanian politician of Jewish and Gypsy descent, being the mayor of the 5th Sector of Bucharest since 2000 and a prominent member and vice-president of the ....
announced he would not support Oprescu and accused him of being a "cheap demagogue".
Election results for Mayor of Bucharest
| Year | First round | Second round | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 111,759 (19.3%) | failed to qualify | lost to Viorel Lis |
| 2000 | 260,689 (41.16%) | 353,038 (49.31%) | lost to 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... |
| 2008 | 164,219 (30.12%) | 315,981 (56.55%) | won against Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga is a Romanian politician and the current Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, and a former Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice former Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs.... |