Gheorghe Funar | |
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Member of the Senate of Romania | |
In office 13 December 2004 – 14 December 2008 | |
Constituency | Cluj County |
Mayor of Cluj-Napoca | |
In office February 1992 – June 2004 | |
Preceded by | Teodor Groza |
Succeeded by | Emil Boc |
Leader of the Romanian National Unity Party | |
In office 17 October 1992 – 22 March 1997 | |
Preceded by | Constantin Ivasiuc |
Succeeded by | Valeriu Tabără |
Personal details | |
Born | Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș County, Romanian People's Republic | 29 September 1949
Political party | Greater Romania Party |
Other political affiliations | Romanian Communist Party (before 1989) Romanian National Unity Party (1990–1997) |
Alma mater | Babeș-Bolyai University |
Occupation | Economist |
Gheorghe Funar (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ˈfunar]; born September 29, 1949, in Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș County, Socialist Republic of Romania) is a nationalist Romanian politician, who rose to fame as a controversial mayor of Cluj-Napoca between 1992 and 2004.