11 Facts About Tudor Chiuariu

Tudor-Alexandru Chiuariu was born on 13 July 1976 and is a Romanian lawyer and politician.

Tudor Chiuariu represented Bacau County in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2012, and has represented Mehedinti County in the Romanian Senate since 2012.

The family moved to Suceava when Tudor Chiuariu was four; his father died three years later.

Tudor Chiuariu's father was from Gramesti, Suceava County, born into a family of small landowners.

From 1995 to 1999, Tudor Chiuariu attended the Law Faculty of the University of Iasi.

Tudor Chiuariu has written a number of journal articles in his field.

Tudor Chiuariu held a number of positions within the Romanian Government between 2005 and 2008, when the PNL held the office of Prime Minister.

Tudor Chiuariu's appointment was viewed by some with suspicion; multiple press reports identified him as a former lawyer of "local baron" Relu Fenechiu, although Tudor Chiuariu denied it.

Tudor Chiuariu began by dismissing Macovei's state secretaries and advisers, among whom judges were well represented, replacing them for the most part with Iasi lawyers, some of whom had no experience as judges.

Tudor Chiuariu denied the accusations, but the CSM later found he had applied "a certain amount of pressure" on DNA.

Once the DNA case was initiated, Tudor Chiuariu became a lightning rod of criticism directed at the government by Basescu.