76 Notable alumni of Babes-Bolyai University
Updated: June 01, 2026 EliteDegrees
Babes-Bolyai University is ranked #822 in the world and #2 in Romania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 76 notable alumni from Babes-Bolyai University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Babes-Bolyai University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Károly Vekov
1947-2020 (aged 73)
historian
politician
art historian
Károly Vekov was a Hungarian-Romanian historian and professor. He also served as a politician in Romania as part of the Hungarian community.
2. Augustin Deac
1928-2004 (aged 76)
historian
biographer
journalist
Augustin Deac was a Romanian author and history professor.
3. Valeriu Moldovan
1875-1954 (aged 79)
lawyer
politician
Valeriu A. Moldovan was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian lawyer and politician.
4. Ágnes Mócsy
physicist
Ágnes Mócsy is a Professor of Physics at the Pratt Institute who works on theoretical nuclear physics. She is also a filmmaker, science communicator and a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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5. Gheorghe Călugăreanu
1902-1976 (aged 74)
mathematician
Gheorghe Călugăreanu was a Romanian mathematician, professor at Babeș-Bolyai University, and full member of the Romanian Academy.
6. Irina Petraș
1947-. (aged 79)
literary critic
writer
translator
Irina Petraș is a Romanian writer, literary critic, essayist, translator and editor.
7. Salvator Cupcea
1908-1958 (aged 50)
anthropologist
psychiatrist
diplomat
psychologist
Salvator P. Cupcea was a Romanian psychologist, physician, and political figure. From beginnings as a researcher for the Victor Babeș University of Cluj, alongside his friend Alexandru Roșca, he became noted as a pioneer of experimental psychology and psychoanalysis, studying in particular the social marginals. He later immersed himself in the social hygiene and eugenics movement, also specializing in genetic...
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8. Karol Telbizov
1915-1994 (aged 79)
journalist
lawyer
Karol Telbizov was a lawyer, journalist and editor-in-chief of Bulgarian newspaper Banat Bulgarian Voice issued in Romania. He was a dedicated researcher of Banat Bulgarian ethnography, culture and traditional clothing.
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9. Aurel Pantea
1952-. (aged 74)
poet
literary critic
Aurel Pantea is a Romanian poet and literary critic.
10. Alexandru Roșca
1906-1996 (aged 90)
psychologist
scientist
Alexandru Roṣca was a Romanian psychologist and professor. In 1991, he was elected a titular member of the Romanian Academy.
11. Marius Crainic
1973-. (aged 53)
mathematician
university teacher
Marius Nicolae Crainic is a Romanian mathematician working in the Netherlands.
12. Iosif Matula
1958-. (aged 68)
engineer
politician
Iosif Matula is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014.
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13. Florina Ilis
1968-. (aged 58)
novelist
poet
writer
Florina Ilis is a contemporary Romanian writer who has published haiku volumes and novels. As of March 2005 she is part of the Writers' Union of Romania.
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14. Oleg Balan
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Oleg Balan is a Moldovan jurist and politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova between 18 February 2015 and 20 January 2016.
15. Pavel Dan
1907-1937 (aged 30)
writer
literary critic
Pavel Dan was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian prose writer.
16. Ovidiu Pecican
1959-. (aged 67)
publisher
science fiction writer
historian
journalist
literary critic
Ovidiu Coriolan Pecican is a Romanian historian, essayist, novelist, short-story writer, literary critic, poet, playwright, and journalist of partly Serbian origin. He is especially known for his political writings on disputed issues such as regional autonomy for Transylvania, and for his co-authorship of a controversial history textbook for 11th and 12th grade high-school students.
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17. Jean-Jacques Askenasy
1929-. (aged 97)
neurologist
Jean-Jacques Askenasy is a Bulgarian-born Israeli neurologist.and sleep medicine specialist renowned for his pioneering research on sleep disorders in neurological conditions, particularly in patients with Parkinson's disease. He is a Member of Honor of the Romanian Academy and a Member of Honor of the Real Academy of Barcelona.
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18. Gábor Vida
1968-. (aged 58)
journalist
writer
Gábor Vida is an ethnic Hungarian writer and editor from Romania.
19. Raoul Șorban
1912-2006 (aged 94)
painter
journalist
art critic
publisher
Raoul Șorban was a Romanian painter, journalist, writer, essayist, art historian, academic, and memoirist.
20. Nicolae Giosan
1921-1990 (aged 69)
agronomist
Nicolae Giosan was a Romanian agricultural engineer and communist politician.
21. Loránt Vincze
1977-. (aged 49)
actor
politician
journalist
Lóránt Vincze is a Romanian politician currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament on behalf of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ).
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22. Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan
1900-1995 (aged 95)
botanical collector
scientific collector
botanist
university teacher
Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan was a Russian-born Israeli botanist, who became part of the academic staff at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She studied the flora of Israel and published dozens of articles and several analytical flora books. Just after her 91st birthday, she received the 1991 Israel Prize for her unique contribution to the Land of Israel studies.
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23. Dora Pavel
1946-. (aged 80)
poet
writer
Dora Pavel is a Romanian novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist.
24. Mircea Zaciu
1928-2000 (aged 72)
screenwriter
literary historian
literary critic
diarist
Mircea Zaciu was a Romanian critic, literary historian and prose writer.
25. Ilarion Felea
1903-1961 (aged 58)
theologian
editor
Eastern Orthodox priest
Ilarion V. Felea was a priest and theologian of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
26. Ionel Haiduc
1937-. (aged 89)
university teacher
chemist
Ionel Haiduc is a Romanian chemist who was elected to the Romanian Academy and Academy of Sciences of Moldova. He was the President of the Romanian Academy between 2006 and 2014.
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27. Jur Hronec
1881-1959 (aged 78)
mathematician
university teacher
Jur Hronec was a Slovak mathematician.
28. Csaba Sógor
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Reformed pastor
Csaba Sógor is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament, representing the Hungarian minority. He is also the member of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. Currently Sógor is the candidate for the Member of the European Parliament on behalf of the European People's Party (EPP).
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29. György Frunda
1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
politician
György Frunda is a Romanian jurist, politician, and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he has been a member of the Romanian Senate for Mureș County since 1992, and was twice the UDMR's candidate for the office of Romanian President (in 1996 and 2000). Since 1992, Frunda has been a member of the Parliamentary...
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30. Franz Halberg
1919-2013 (aged 94)
university teacher
chronobiologist
Franz Halberg was a scientist and one of the founders of modern chronobiology. He first began his experiments in the 1940s and later founded the Chronobiology Laboratories at the University of Minnesota. Halberg published many papers also in the serials of the History Commission of International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy. He also published in "Wege zur Wissenschaft, Pathways to...
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31. Péter Eckstein-Kovács
1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer
politician
Péter Eckstein-Kovács is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A former member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Cluj County from 1990 to 1992 and a member of the Cluj-Napoca city council from 1992 to 1996. That year, he was elected to the Romanian Senate, where he...
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32. Marcian Bleahu
1924-2019 (aged 95)
geographer
geologist
politician
writer
Marcian David Bleahu (14 March 1924, in Brașov – 30 July 2019, in Bucharest) was a Romanian geologist, speleologist, geographer, alpinist, explorer, writer and politician. He is well known for his scientific contributions to the development of the theories of global tectonics (applied to the study of the geology of the Carpathian Mountains), for his pioneering in speleology and for...
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33. Nicolae Mărgineanu
1905-1980 (aged 75)
psychologist
Nicolae Mărgineanu was a Romanian psychologist. In his publications, he incorporated concepts from philosophy, literature, science and logic. A key work, Psihologia persoanei (1940), focuses on the uniqueness of the individual and his development.
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34. Laura Pavel
1968-. (aged 58)
linguist
literary critic
translator
Laura Pavel is a Romanian essayist and literary critic.
35. Simona Miculescu
1959-. (aged 67)
diplomat
Simona-Mirela Miculescu is a Romanian diplomat, currently serving as Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and President of the 42nd session of the General Conference of UNESCO. Prior to this she was Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade, and before that, the Permanent Representative of...
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36. Augustin Lazăr
1956-. (aged 70)
jurist
non-fiction writer
university teacher
magistrate
Augustin Lazăr is a university professor and author of legal publications, career magistrate. Lazăr served as the Prosecutor General of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania from April 28, 2016, until 27 April, 2019.
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37. Liviu Pop
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Liviu-Marian Pop is a Romanian politician. He was a very controversial Romanian interim Education Minister in the cabinet of Victor Ponta.
38. Gavril Dejeu
1932-. (aged 94)
lawyer
politician
Gavril Dejeu is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Interior in Victor Ciorbea's cabinet. He was also acting (or ad interim) Prime Minister of Romania from 30 March to 17 April 1998.
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39. Andrei Pippidi
1948-. (aged 78)
university teacher
Andrei-Nicolae Pippidi is a Romanian historian and professor emeritus at the University of Bucharest. He specialised in South-Eastern European history of the 15th–19th century, in Romanian history of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, and in the relationship between South-Eastern Europe and the Occident.
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40. Anatol E. Baconsky
1925-1977 (aged 52)
literary critic
writer
linguist
translator
poet
Anatol E. Baconsky, also known as A. E. Bakonsky, Baconschi or Baconski, was a Romanian modernist poet, essayist, translator, novelist, publisher, literary and art critic. Praised for his late approach to poetry and prose, which transgresses the genres and introduces an aestheticized, original and progressively dark perspective to Romanian literature, he was also criticized for his early commitment to Socialist...
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41. Ion Negoițescu
1921-1993 (aged 72)
philologist
librarian
literary historian
poet
literary critic
Ion Negoiţescu was a Romanian literary historian, critic, poet, novelist and memoirist, one of the leading members of the Sibiu Literary Circle. A rebellious and eccentric figure, Negoiţescu began his career while still an adolescent, and made himself known as a literary ideologue of the 1940s generation. Moving from a youthful affiliation to the fascist Iron Guard, which he later...
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42. Constantin Daicoviciu
1898-1973 (aged 75)
politician
university teacher
historian of classical antiquity
archaeologist
editor
Constantin Daicoviciu was a Romanian historian and archaeologist, professor at the University of Cluj, and titular member of the Romanian Academy.
43. Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu
1919-1989 (aged 70)
playwright
writer
miner
essayist
philosopher
Ion Dezideriu Sîrbu was a Romanian philosopher, novelist, essayist, and dramatist. An academic and theater critic, he was a victim of the communist regime, spending about 14 years as a political prisoner.
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44. Daniel Barbu
1957-2024 (aged 67)
museologist
sociologist
university teacher
publisher
politician
Daniel-Constantin Barbu was a Romanian political scientist, publisher, essayist, journalist, and professor of political science at the University of Bucharest. He served as dean of the Faculty of Political Science and director of the Institute for Political Research at the University of Bucharest. He was the author as of June 2007 of eight books and many more articles on political...
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45. Dumitru Radu Popescu
1935-2023 (aged 88)
screenwriter
politician
writer
playwright
poet
Dumitru Radu Popescu was a Romanian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist and short story writer. He was a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy and was, between 1980 and 1990, Chairman of the Romanian Writers' Union.
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46. Ioan-Aurel Pop
1955-. (aged 71)
historian
medievalist
art historian
university teacher
Ioan-Aurel Pop is a Romanian historian. Pop was appointed Professor of History at Babeș-Bolyai University in 1996. He has since been Chairman of the Department of Medieval History and the History of Premodern Art at Babeș-Bolyai University. Since 2012, Pop has been Rector at Babeș-Bolyai University. In 2018 he was elected President of the Romanian Academy and re-elected in 2022.
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47. Cozmin Gușă
1970-. (aged 56)
geopolitical analyst
journalist
businessperson
judoka
political adviser
Cozmin Horea Gușă is a Romanian physicist, journalist, and politician. A member of the National Initiative Party (PIN), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from 2004 to 2008.
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48. Pavel Bartoș
1975-. (aged 51)
actor
film actor
Pavel Bartoș is a Romanian actor and television presenter, best known for hosting Românii au talent (Romanian's Got Talent) and The Voice of Romania.
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49. Vasile Dîncu
1961-. (aged 65)
writer
sociologist
university teacher
politician
Vasile Sebastian Dîncu is a Romanian politician, sociologist, professor and writer who served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Cioloș Cabinet and was Minister of National Defence in the Ciucă Cabinet.
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50. Emil Hurezeanu
1955-. (aged 71)
jurist-consultant
political scientist
journalist
diplomat
lawyer
Emil Horațiu Hurezeanu is a Romanian journalist, writer, politician and diplomat. He served as the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2024 to 2025. He has previously served as Romania's ambassador in Germany and Austria.
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51. Ion Cristoiu („Coroiul”)
1948-. (aged 78)
journalist
writer
Ion Cristoiu is a conservative Romanian journalist, writer, and political analyst.
52. Rareș Bogdan
1974-. (aged 52)
journalist
politician
Ioan-Rareș Bogdan is a conservative Romanian politician who has been a PNL member of the European Parliament for Romania since 2019. He was the leader of the National Liberal Party's electoral list for the 2019 elections. He sits with the European People's Party group (EPP for short).
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53. Géza Szőcs
1953-2020 (aged 67)
writer
poet
journalist
politician
Géza Szőcs was an ethnic Hungarian poet and politician from Transylvania, Romania, who served as Secretary of State for Culture of the Ministry of National Resources in Hungary from 2 June 2010 to 13 June 2012.
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54. Béla Markó
1951-. (aged 75)
writer
poet
literary translator
politician
Béla Markó is a Romanian politician and writer of Hungarian ethnicity. He is married with three children. He is reportedly, a follower of reformed Christianity. The former leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he was also the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania in the second cabinet of Emil Boc from 2009 to 2012; he had also...
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55. George Maior
1967-. (aged 59)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
George-Cristian Maior is a Romanian politician and diplomat. He was a member of the Romanian Parliament, elected as a senator from the Social Democrat Party. He was the head of the Romanian Intelligence Service between October 2006 – January 2015 and ambassador to the United States since September 17, 2015. His father, Liviu Maior, is the former Minister of Education...
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56. Sándor Kányádi
1929-2018 (aged 89)
writer
linguist
children's writer
translator
poet
Sándor Kányádi was a Hungarian poet and translator from the region of Transylvania, Romania. He was one of the most famous and beloved contemporary Hungarian poets. He was a major contributor to Hungarian children's literature. His works have been translated into English, Finnish, Estonian, Swedish, German, French, Romanian and Portuguese.
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57. Mihail Neamțu
1978-. (aged 48)
essayist
television presenter
theologian
politician
George-Mihail Neamțu is a Romanian theologian and politician who has served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2024. A member of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party since that year, he was previously a member of the Peasants' Party from 1993 to 2012 before founding the New Republic party, which he led until 2015.
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58. Eduard Raul Hellvig
1974-. (aged 52)
journalist
politician
Eduard Raul Hellvig is a Romanian political scientist, journalist and politician who served as director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) from 2015 to 2023. A former member of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and previously of the Conservative Party (PC), he represented Bihor County in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies from 2004 to 2008, and sat for Ilfov County...
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59. Victor Ciorbea
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
university teacher
lawyer
judge
trade unionist
Victor Ciorbea is a Romanian jurist, politician, and civil/public servant. He was the Mayor of Bucharest between 1996 and 1997 and, after his resignation from this public dignity/position, Prime Minister of Romania from 12 December 1996 to 30 March 1998. He had also served as the Ombudsman between 2014 and 2019.
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60. Doina Cornea
1929-2018 (aged 89)
university teacher
dissident
writer
human rights defender
translator
Doina Cornea was a Romanian human rights activist and French language professor. She was a dissident during the communist rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
61. George Coșbuc
1866-1918 (aged 52)
literary critic
journalist
linguist
writer
translator
George Coșbuc was a Romanian poet, translator, teacher, and journalist, best remembered for his verses describing, praising and eulogizing rural life, its many travails but also its occasions for joy. In 1916 he was elected titular member of the Romanian Academy.
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62. Ana Blandiana
1942-. (aged 84)
poet
writer
translator
children's writer
essayist
Ana Blandiana is a Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure. She took her name after Blandiana, near Vințu de Jos, Alba County, her mother's home village.
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63. Emil Boc
1966-. (aged 60)
economist
lawyer
politician
Emil Boc is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 22 December 2008 until 6 February 2012 and is the current mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city of Transylvania, where he was first elected in July 2004. Boc was also the president of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), which proposed and supported him as Prime Minister in...
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64. Ioan Gyuri Pascu
1961-2016 (aged 55)
television actor
pianist
actor
composer
essayist
Ioan Gyuri Pascu was a Romanian pop music singer, producer, actor, and comedian, also known for his participation in the comedy group Divertis and for his activity in Romanian cinema and television. Moving between rock music, rhythm and blues, reggae, and jazz, the multi-instrumentalist Pascu founded a number of bands and registered success particularly during the early 1990s, when he...
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65. Gáspár Miklós Tamás
1948-2023 (aged 75)
opinion journalist
university teacher
journalist
philosopher
political scientist
Gáspár Miklós Tamás, often referred to as TGM, was a Romanian-born Hungarian political philosopher and public intellectual, influenced by Marxism and libertarian socialism. He was a contributor to online newspaper Mérce and to OpenDemocracy, where he wrote primarily about political and aesthetic questions. He was the father of British poet and writer Rebecca Tamás.
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66. Gheorghe Mureșan
1971-. (aged 55)
basketball player
actor
Gheorghe Dumitru "Ghiță" Mureșan, also known as "the Giant" (Romanian: Gigantul), is a Romanian-American former professional basketball player. At 7 feet 7 inches (2.31 m), he is one of the two tallest players to have played in the NBA.
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67. Klaus Iohannis
1959-. (aged 67)
writer
school teacher
statesperson
physics teacher
school inspector
Klaus Werner Iohannis is a Romanian politician, physicist, and former teacher who served as the president of Romania from 2014 until his resignation in 2025. Prior to entering national politics, Iohannis was a physics teacher at the Samuel von Brukenthal National College in his native Sibiu where he eventually served as mayor from 2000 to 2014 before ascending to the...
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68. Avram Iancu
1824-1872 (aged 48)
lawyer
jurist
Avram Iancu was a Transylvanian Romanian lawyer who played an important role in the local chapter of the Austrian Empire Revolutions of 1848–1849. He was especially active in the Țara Moților region and the Apuseni Mountains. The rallying of peasants around him, as well as the allegiance he paid to the Habsburg monarchy, earned him the moniker Crăișorul Munților ("The...
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69. Ciprian Teleman
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
geologist
geophysicist
researcher
engineer
Ciprian Sergiu Teleman is a Romanian politician who has been serving as Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization in the Cîțu Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Florin Cîțu, as of 23 December 2020.
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70. Laura Codruța Kövesi
1973-. (aged 53)
prosecutor
Laura Codruța Kövesi is the first European Chief Prosecutor and the former chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate (Romanian: Direcția Națională Anticorupție - DNA), a position she held from 2013 until she was fired on the order of Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on 9 July 2018. Prior to this, between 2006 and 2012 Kövesi was the Prosecutor General of...
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71. Lucian Bode
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Lucian Bode is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cîțu Cabinet from 2020 to 2023. He previously served as Minister for Transport, Information and Communications in the first cabinet and second cabinet led by Ludovic Orban. He is affiliated with the National Liberal Party (PNL).
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72. Hunor Kelemen
1967-. (aged 59)
writer
poet
veterinarian
politician
Hunor Kelemen is a Romanian politician and Hungarian-language writer. The current president of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2000, and was nominated as his party's candidate for the 2009, 2014, 2019 and 2024 presidential elections. From December 2009 to May 2012 he was Romania's Minister...
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73. Angela Moldovan
1927-2013 (aged 86)
singer
Angela Moldovan was a Romanian singer of popular music and, to a lesser public knowledge, an accomplished opera singer, but also an actress, mostly known for her roles in the musical Veronica and its sequel Veronica se întoarce.
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74. Ruxandra Cesereanu
1963-. (aged 63)
essayist
novelist
short story writer
researcher
poet
Ruxandra-Mihaela Cesereanu or Ruxandra-Mihaela Braga is a Romanian poet, essayist, short story writer, novelist, and literary critic. Also known as a journalist, academic, literary historian and film critic, Cesereanu holds a teaching position at the Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB), and is an editor for the magazine Steaua in Cluj-Napoca.
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75. François Bréda
1956-2018 (aged 62)
playwright
poet
literary critic
translator
essayist
François Bréda was a Hungarian-Romanian essayist, poet, literary critic, literary historian, translator and theatrologist.
76. Andrian Candu
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Andrian Candu is a former Moldovan politician, who served as President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova between 2015 and 2019. He left political life and went back to consultancy business, being focused on advisory and business project development, where previously he has built a successful career. Candu served as Vice President of the Parliament of the Republic...
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