10 Facts About Theodor Stolojan

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Theodor Dumitru Stolojan is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from September 1991 to November 1992.

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Theodor Stolojan was an university professor at the Transilvania University of Brasov between 2002 and 2012.

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Theodor Stolojan was the Prime minister of Romania from September 1991 to November 1992, then worked for the World Bank and for a Romanian private company.

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In 1992, the Stolojan government began an austerity plan, limiting wages and further liberalising prices.

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Theodor Stolojan was named president of the PNL in August 2002.

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On 2 October 2004, Theodor Stolojan surprisingly stepped down from the leadership of the PNL and withdrew from the presidential race.

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Theodor Stolojan became a senior advisor to Basescu after the latter was inaugurated as president on 20 December 2004.

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On 10 October 2006, Theodor Stolojan was expelled from the PNL, and in December he formed a new party, the Liberal Democrats, whose president he was elected at the first PLD congress on 31 March 2007.

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In January 2008, the PLD merged with the Democratic Party to form the Democratic Liberal Party, of which Theodor Stolojan was then a member.

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The PDL won the most seats in the 2008 election, and on 10 December 2008, Theodor Stolojan was designated prime minister of Romania by President Traian Basescu.