11 Facts About Radu Berceanu

Radu Berceanu was born in Ramnicu Valcea; his father was an aviator, and his mother, a nurse.

Radu Berceanu took courses on parliamentarism in Canada in 1990 and on democratic institutions in the United States in 1991.

Radu Berceanu took up scale modeling; he has won prizes for his ship and aircraft models.

Radu Berceanu was Dolj County's vice president of the Council of the National Salvation Front in December 1989-January 1990.

At the November 2008 parliamentary election, Radu Berceanu regained his Senate seat and was named transport minister the following month.

Radu Berceanu vowed to complete the A2 motorway by 2011, and a Bucharest-Brasov motorway as well as a Bucharest-Calafat one by 2014.

Radu Berceanu has been a strong critic of his predecessor Ludovic Orban, whom he accused of spending substantial amounts of money on studies for express roads, "not one metre" of which was built under Orban.

Radu Berceanu has announced plans for major restructuring at the CFR, including a potential 12,000 layoffs, for which he again blamed the previous government.

Radu Berceanu was dismissed a year and a half later, following a cabinet reshuffle.

Radu Berceanu noted having given "about two ink cartridges' worth of declarations", that he was almost excluded from the Romanian Communist Party in 1981, and that, despite being the first party member in his family, he was known for his anti-regime position and never informed on his colleagues.

Radu Berceanu has served as a delegate from the Romanian Parliament to the Council of Europe.