Romeo Stavarache
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Romeo Stavarache is a chemical engineer and inventor[citation needed] who became mayor of Bacău, Romania in 2004, succeeding the powerful local politician , who had been mayor since 1996.
In 2004, Stavarache was the leader of the Humanist Romanian Party (PUR) - Bacău chapter. The party he represented was allied, at that time, with the Social Democratic Party (PSD). In Bacău County, Stavarache defeated Sechelariu.
In August 2004, after having a disagreement with the national leader of PUR (Dan Voiculescu), Stavarache left his former political party for the national liberals. Late in December 2004, the national liberals, at that time allied with the democrats (PD) and other smaller political forces, forced PSD out of power and won a relative majority in the Parliament. In 2005, Stavarache won a much contested local competition for the position of PNL leader - Bacău chapter. In 2009, Stavarache was elected vice-president of the National Liberal Party (PNL).[1]
Romeo Stavarache, was arrested on June 26, 2014 by the National Anticorruption Agency (DNA) for 24 hours. He allegedly received bribes of over RON 2.3 million (some EUR 522,000) from several businessmen, according to a DNA press release. [2]
References[]
- ^ Tanasescu, Claudiu (23 March 2009). "Romeo Stavarache a fost ales vicepresedinte PNL". Ziarul de Bacău (in Romanian). Retrieved 21 October 2010.
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- Living people
- Mayors of places in Romania
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- People from Focșani