18 Facts About Petre Roman

Petre Roman was the president of the Senate from 1996 to 1999 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2000.

Petre Roman was the leader of the Democratic Force party, which he founded after leaving the Democratic Party in 2003.

Petre Roman had previously served as an MP in the Lower Chamber, elected in 2012, elected as a member of the National Liberal Party.

Petre Roman had been removed from his seat in 2015 after being charged by the National Integrity Agency with incompatibility, but restored to office in 2016 after the Court of Appeals overturned the ruling.

Petre Roman is a member of the Club of Madrid, a group of more than 80 democratic former statesmen, which works to strengthen democratic governance and leadership.

Petre Roman joined the Social Democratic Party and was elected in the General Council of Bucharest in 2020, but he resigned shortly afterwards.

In 2022, Petre Roman emigrated to Switzerland, in order to become the president of the Swiss UMEF.

Petre Roman's father, Valter Roman, born Ernst or Erno Neulander of Transylvanian Hungarian-Jewish descent, was a veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a Comintern activist, and a prominent member of the Romanian Communist Party.

Petre Roman's mother Hortensia Vallejo was a Spaniard exiled who would become director of the Spanish section of Radio Romania International.

Petre Roman attended the Petru Groza High School in his native city.

Petre Roman first rose to prominence during the Romanian Revolution of 1989, when he was among the crowd occupying the National Television building, and broadcasting messages expressing revolutionary triumph.

Petre Roman became provisional prime minister after the overthrow of the Communist regime, and was confirmed in office in June 1990, three months after the country's first free election in 53 years.

In 1974 Petre Roman married Mioara Georgescu, with whom he has a daughter, Oana.

Petre Roman was heavily involved in the Romanian Revolution of December 1989 as a member of the National Salvation Front, both as a revolutionary and as a leading political figure.

On 22 December 1989, Petre Roman spoke from the balcony of the headquarters of the Central Committee against the Ceausescu regime, the first public demonstration of its kind.

Petre Roman was formally confirmed in office by the newly elected legislature of the parliament on 28 June 1990 and his governing program was approved unanimously.

Petre Roman was the head of government of three cabinets between 1989 and 1991, as follows: Roman I cabinet, Roman II cabinet, and Roman III cabinet.

Petre Roman was succeeded by Theodor Stolojan in October 1991, after the September 1991 Mineriad.