Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
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| Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu | |
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| Assumed office December 28, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Eugen Bejinariu (Adrian Năstase) |
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| Born | January 14, 1952 Bucharest, Romania |
| Constituency | no. 42 (Bucharest); (Chamber of Deputies) |
| Political party | National Liberal Party |
| Spouse | (1) Cornelia Tăriceanu (2) Livia Tăriceanu (3) Ioana Tăriceanu |
| Profession | constructions engineer |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Călin Constantin Anton Popescu-Tăriceanu (/kə'lin kɔŋstaŋ'tin aŋ'ton pɔ'pesku təri'tʃja:nu/) (b. January 14, 1952) is a Romanian politician, the current Prime Minister of Romania — since December 28, 2004. He is currently the president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and, since 2004, a vice-president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR).
Popescu-Tăriceanu was born in Bucharest. His mother, Alexandrina Louise Lăzărescu, is of Greek ancestry<ref>[1]</ref>–her mother was fully Greek while her father was half-Romanian, half-Greek.<ref>"Premierul Tariceanu preocupat de romanii emigrati in Grecia", Ziua, 7 July 2005.</ref> He has been married three times and has two children.<ref>"Morcovul şi Conopida", Kritik.</ref> Popescu-Tăriceanu is a graduate of the Technical Constructions Institute in Bucharest and has a Master's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science.
Between 1996 and 1997, he served as Minister of Industries and Commerce in Victor Ciorbea's government. Between 1996 and 2004 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, representing Bucharest. Between 2000 and 2004, he was Vice-president of the PNL group in Parliament, as well as vice president of the Budget, Finances and Insurance Committee in the Chamber of Deputies.<ref>[2]</ref>
During the 2004 election, he was supported as prime minister in a Justice and Truth-formed government. After the latter's win, the government took office on December 29; it was approved by Parliament by a vote of 265 for and 200 against.
His cabinet announced its resignation on July 7, 2005 in order to trigger early elections. The resignation was prompted by the Constitutional Court's decision to block a set of laws designed to reform the judicial system. President Traian Băsescu had been pushing for early elections since his victory in the 2004 elections, in order to secure a more comfortable majority for the Justice and Truth alliance. However, his efforts have been met with resistance by Prime Minister and alliance partner Popescu-Tăriceanu, as well as by the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania and the Conservative Party, both political formations fearing that early elections will make their ascension into the Parliament extremely hard.
As of July 19, Popescu-Tăriceanu withdrew his resignation, citing the severe floods that hit the country (for example the Comăneşti floods). Floods killed 66 people in Romania that year, leaving thousands homeless.<ref>[3]</ref>
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According to former President Emil Constantinescu, relations between Popescu-Tăriceanu and President Băsescu started to become strained following allegations of Băsescu's past membership in the Securitate (during Communist Romania).
In September 2005, a newspaper alleged that on April 9, 2004, Tăriceanu bought 10 million shares of the Rompetrol company based on insider information, shares that were sold later that year after he became Prime Minister. Several other publicly known persons were cited to testify about their involvement in questionable transactions with Rompetrol shares, including the company's CEO, Dinu Patriciu.
On June 29, 2006, Tăriceanu officially announced than the National Liberal Party supports the withdrawal of Romanian troops from international battle zones where they are deployed without a mandate from the United Nations, NATO, or the European Union. This mainly concerns the Romanian troops in Iraq (present there following the Iraq War). This position is strongly opposed by Băsescu.
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- Evenimentul Zilei, December 14 , 2005, "Emil Constantinescu a adus documente despre care spune că atestă colaborarea preşedintelui Traian Băsescu cu Securitatea"
- Jurnalul National, February 9, 2006. "Urmează Tăriceanu?"
| Preceded by: Eugen Bejinariu | Prime Minister of Romania December 28, 2004 – present | Incumbent |
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