Victor Ciorbea is a Romania

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n politician. He was the Mayor of Bucharest

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 in 1996-1997 and, after his resignation from office, Prime Minister of Romania

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 from 12 December 1996 to 30 March 1998.

Biography

Born in Ponor

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, Alba County

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, Ciorbea trained as a jurist

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 (graduating from the University of Cluj-Napoca

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 in 1979), and worked for the municipal tribunal in Bucharest

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, as well as lecturing in Law at the University of Bucharest

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. He was awarded a doctorate

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 in Law by the University of Bucharest, and later specialized in management

Management

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 at the Case Western Reserve University

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 in the United States

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 (1992).

Originally a trade union

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ist (between 1990 and 1996, he was leader of the Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education, FSLI, and, between 1990 and 1993, leader of the nation-wide National Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Romania - Brotherhood

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) and member of the National Peasants' Party

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 (PNŢCD), he was backed for the premiership by the Romanian Democratic Convention

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 after the elections of 1996

Romanian presidential election, 1996

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. Ciorbea enforced several measures in order to advance Romania's transition toward a market economy

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, including an austerity

Austerity

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 budget

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 (following a program known as Contractul cu România - "Contract with Romania").

He resigned following a conflict with PNŢCD leader Ion Diaconescu

Ion Diaconescu

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, moving on to found the minor Alianţa Natională Creştin Democrată (the National Christian Democratic

Christian Democracy

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 Alliance, ANCD), which merged back into the PNŢCD after the latter lost the 2000 elections

Romanian presidential election, 2000

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, and soon after became leader of the reunited party.

Faced with the task of regaining voter confidence, Ciorbea resigned his party office in 2004, in favour of Gheorghe Ciuhandu

Gheorghe Ciuhandu

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, the Mayor of Timişoara

Timisoara

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. Following the latter's nomination, the party became the Christian-Democratic People's Party.

He currently practices as an attorney in Bucharest together with his wife, Lacrima Ciorbea.

See also

• List of Case Western people