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Traian Băsescu

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Traian Băsescu

Traian Băsescu (Romanian pronunciation: [traˈjan bəˈsesku]; born 4 November 1951) is a Romanian conservative politician who served as the fifth president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian Minister of Transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000, and as Mayor of Bucharest from 2000 to 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Traian Băsescu has received more than 636,701 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Traian Băsescu is the 2,729th most popular politician (up from 3,070th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Romania (up from 56th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Romanian Politician.

Traian Băsescu is most famous for being the president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. He was also the first democratically elected president in the country's history.

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    Basescu, Traian

    President of Romania

    Born November 4, 1951, in Basarabi, Romania; married Maria. Education: Graduated from the Navy Institute of Constan[H6031]a, 1976.

    Addresses:Office—Palatul Cotroceni, Strada Geniului nr. 1-3, Sector 5—Bucuresti, Romania 060116.

    Career

    Merchant marine officer, Navrom, 1976-81; oil tanker captain, Navrom, 1981-87; headed the Navrom office in Antwerp, Belgium, 1987-89; general manager of the State Inspectorate for the Civil Navigation within the Romanian Ministry of Transportation, 1989-90; Undersecretary of State, Chief of the Shipping Department within the Ministry of Transportation, 1990-91; elected to Romanian parliament on the Democratic Party ticket, 1992; transportation minister, 1991-92, and 1996-2000; elected mayor of Bucharest, 2000; elected president of Romania on the Alian[H6031]a DA slate, December, 2004.

    Sidelights

    In a surprising turn of political events, Traian BaȈsescu became president of Romania in December of 2004. Romanians and international observers alike declared his victory a sign of the genuine end of Roman

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    Traian Băsescu

    President of Romania from 2004 to 2014

    "Băsescu" redirects here. For other people with the name, see Băsescu (surname).

    Traian Băsescu (Romanian pronunciation:[traˈjanbəˈsesku]; born 4 November 1951) is a Romanian conservative politician who served as the fifth president of Romania from 2004 to 2014. Prior to his presidency, Băsescu served as Romanian Minister of Transport on multiple occasions between 1991 and 2000, and as Mayor of Bucharest from 2000 to 2004. Additionally, he was elected as leader of the Democratic Party (PD) in 2001.

    During his term as leader of the PD, the party formed the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) with the National Liberal Party (PNL). Following Theodor Stolojan's withdrawal from the presidential elections in 2004, Băsescu entered the presidential race on behalf of the alliance. After being elected president, he suspended his PD membership; Romanian law does not permit the incumbent president to be a member of a political party. He was subsequently re-elected in 2009.

    In 2007, during his presidency, Romania acceded to t

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