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Marcel Ciolacu

Marcel Ciolacu
Ciolacu in 2023
Prime Minister of Romania
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 June 2023
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
DeputyMarian Neacșu
Cătălin Predoiu
Preceded byNicolae Ciucă
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
23 November 2021 – 15 June 2023
Preceded bySorin Grindeanu (acting)
Succeeded byAlfred Simonis (acting)
In office
27 May 2019 – 19 December 2020
Preceded byLiviu Dragnea
Succeeded byLudovic Orban
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 November 2019
Preceded byViorica Dăncilă
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office
29 June 2017 – 29 January 2018
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime Minister
Preceded byAugustin Jianu
Succeeded byViorel Ștefan
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 December 2012
ConstituencyBuzău County
Personal details
Born
Ion-Marcel Ciolacu

(1967-11-28) 28 November 1967 (age 56)[1]
Buzău, Buzău County, Socialist Republic of Romania
Political partySocial Democratic Party (PSD)
SpouseRoxana Ciolacu (div. 2023)
Domestic partnerSorina Docuz (since 2021)[2]
Children1
Alma materEcological University of Bucharest

Ion-Marcel Ciolacu (born 28 November 1967) is a Romanian politician who currently serves as the Prime Minister of Romania. He is also the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD). As a previously little-known politician outside of Buzău County, where he owns a pastry shop and a consulting firm,[3][4][5][6][7] Ciolacu came into national prominence when he became the deputy prime minister in 2018 in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mihai Tudose. Allegedly, he was given this office in order to report Tudose's activities to Liviu Dragnea, who had been unable to become prime minister himself and was wary of Tudose becoming a power player in the party.[8] Ciolacu soon broke with Dragnea and became an ally of Tudose against Dragnea's leadership. After Tudose's resignation,[9] Ciolacu was marginalized within PSD but still retained the leadership of PSD Buzău.[10] Ciolacu once again returned to prominence in 2019 after Liviu Dragnea had been convicted on abuse of office and incitement to intellectual forgery charges, having to serve a 3 years, 6 months sentence.[11] With the Social Democrats still controlling a majority both in the Chamber and in the Senate, Ciolacu won the position of President of the Chamber of Deputies, with 172 votes for and 120 against,[10] previously held by Dragnea himself.

Following the overwhelming defeat of new PSD leader Viorica Dăncilă in the 2019 Romanian presidential election, on 26 November 2019, Ciolacu was named leader of the party, firstly ad-interim,[12] until he was confirmed to hold the position by the party congress the next year on 22 August 2020 with an overwhelming 1310–91 margin against his opponent.[13] Ciolacu led the party to victory in the 2020 Romanian legislative election but was not able to form a majority coalition in the new legislative. Other parties opposed to the PSD formed a new coalition on 23 December with the new government, thus pushing Ciolacu's PSD into opposition. However, in 2021, following the political crisis that led to the collapse of the Cîțu Cabinet, he managed to bring the PSD back to the government, forming a cabinet with its former rival, the National Liberal Party, thus forming the National Coalition for Romania.[14]

His premiership was described by opposition figures as illiberal,[15][16] or authoritarian,[17][18] being accused of limiting press freedom.[19][20] He was also accused of economic mismanagement; under Ciolacu, Romania reached the highest external debt,[21] while inflation reached 7.3%, the highest in the European Union (where the average was 3.1%),[22][23] and the second-highest in all of Europe, only behind Turkey (as of February 2024).

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  2. ^ "Cum arată astăzi Roxana, fosta soție a lui Marcel Ciolacu. Cei doi au fost căsătoriți mai bine de două decenii". 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Afaceristul Ciolacu a dat lovitura în 2021: după ce, ani întregi, covrigăria sa nu a distribuit dividende, anul trecut familia liderului PSD a făcut bani buni". www.ziaruldeiasi.ro. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. ^ Coltuc, Daniel (20 July 2022). "Câte gogoși a vândut Marcel Ciolacu în 2021. Ajuns mare în politică, șeful PSD nu a renunțat la micile sale afaceri de la Buzău". Fanatik.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Ciolacu - vânzător de cârnați; Stănescu - tractorist; Manda - vânzător de bilete. Deputatul Rădulescu-Mitralieră a izbucnit la adresa foștilor colegi: Uniți prin nulitate, incultură și analfabetism - stiripescurt.ro". stiripescurt.ro (in Romanian). 12 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Ciolacu, multinaționalele și covrigăria". PlusInfo Romania. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Libertatea: Marcel Ciolacu deține o patiserie în Buzău, împreună cu soția, de unde anul trecut au încasat 100.000 de euro dividende". Economedia.ro (in Romanian). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Cine e Marcel Ciolacu, omul care a mazilit-o pe Dăncilă". G4Media. 26 November 2019.
  9. ^ "ULTIMA ORA Mihai Tudose si-a anuntat demisia din functia de premier – oficial". HotNewsRo. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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  11. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Liviu Dragnea, condamnat definitiv la trei ani și jumătate de închisoare | DW | 27 May 2019". DW.COM (in Romanian). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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  14. ^ "DOCUMENT Alianța PSD-PNL-UDMR se va numi Coaliția Națională pentru România / Ce conține acordul politic / Cum se schimbă ministerele la rotație: Justiția va reveni PSD, Finanțele, PNL – Politic – HotNews.ro". 24 November 2021.
  15. ^ Pantazi, Cristian (14 November 2023). "Ciolacu, noul Dragnea. PSD pregătește apocalipsa pentru mediul privat în 2025, cu complicitatea PNL". G4Media.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  16. ^ Grădinaru, Magda (11 August 2023). "Cei doi mari câștigători ai protestelor din 10 august". spotmedia.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Dacian Cioloş: Anunţul despre o alianţă a PSD şi PNL - începutul unui regim autoritar". Agerpres (in Romanian). 20 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  18. ^ "Ciolacu face încă un pas mare spre un regim autoritar de tip Viktor Orban (Aktual24)". PRESShub (in Romanian). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  19. ^ Rogozanu, Costi (4 December 2023). "Ciolacu calcă pe urmele lui Iohannis în relația cu presa: ignoră o investigație care îl vizează și îi cultivă pe cei care perie scamele puterii". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  20. ^ Fati, Sabina (3 May 2023). "Analiză: Cum și-au cumpărat Ciucă & Ciolacu liniștea". dw.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  21. ^ Cârlugea, Simona (29 October 2023). "Datoria publică a României, pe înțelesul tuturor". Europa Liberă România (in Romanian). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  22. ^ "România are cea mai mare rată a inflației din UE". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). 22 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Inflation in Romania, double than the EU average". Adevărul.

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