Petre Roman Prime minister

Petre Roman (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpetre ˈroman]; born 22 July 1946) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 1989 to 1991, when his government was overthrown by the intervention of the miners led by Miron Cozma. He was the first prime minister since 1945 who was not a Communist or fellow traveler. He was also the president of the Senate from 1996 to 1999 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2000. He was leader of the Democratic Force party, which he founded after leaving the Democratic Party in 2003. Currently, he is a member of the National Liberal Party, being a candidate for PNL for the Senate on the 43rd constituency, for Romanians outside Romania. He is also a member of the Club de Madrid, a group of more than 80 former democratic statesmen, which works to strengthen democratic governance and leadership.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 22, 1946
Birth place	Kingdom of Romania , Bucharest
Religion	Romanian Orthodox Church
Profession	Engineer

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Politician

office	Minister of Foreign Affairs President of the Senate
other party	Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) Democratic Force (Romania)
party	National Liberal Party (Romania)
president	Emil Constantinescu Ion Iliescu
prime minister	Victor Ciorbea Mugur Isărescu Radu Vasile Gavril Dejeu Alexandru Athanasiu
successor	Theodor Stolojan Mircea Geoană Mircea Ionescu-Quintus