Ludovic Orban
| Ludovic Orban | |
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Orban in 2008
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| Deputy General Mayor of Bucharest | |
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In office June 2004 – 5 April 2007 Serving with Rǎzvan Murgeanu |
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| Succeeded by | Grigore Ioan Popa |
| Minister of Transport | |
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In office 5 April 2007 – 22 December 2008 |
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| President |
Traian Băsescu Nicolae Văcăroiu Traian Băsescu |
| Prime Minister | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Preceded by | Radu Berceanu |
| Succeeded by | Radu Berceanu |
| Deputy | |
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In office December 2008 – December 2016 |
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| Constituency | No. 41 Bucharest |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 May 1963 Braşov |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Political party | National Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mihaela Orban |
| Alma mater | Transylvania University of Braşov |
Ludovic Orban (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈludovik ˈorban]; born May 25, 1963) is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he was Minister of Transport from April 2007 to December 2008 in the second Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet. He was also a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from 2008 to 2016.
He and his wife Mihaela have one son. His brother is the former European Commissioner for Multilingualism, Leonard Orban.
He was born in Braşov to an ethnic Hungarian father and an ethnic Romanian mother. Orban completed secondary studies at the city's Andrei Şaguna High School in 1982. He then studied automobile design technology at the University of Braşov, graduating in 1988. In 1993, he completed post-graduate studies in Political Science at the National School of Administration and Political Science of Bucharest. From 1988 to 1990 he trained as an engineer at a factory in Târgu Secuiesc, and worked as one at a Braşov factory from 1990 to 1991. From 1991 to 1992, he wrote for the daily Viitorul Românesc, and from 1992 to 1997 he was an advisor for the Liberal Party 1993 and its predecessor. Between 1997 and 2001 he held a series of government and agency positions: at the Energy Policy Agency, the Disabled Persons Directorate, the Public Information Department, the National Public Employee Agency and the National Centre for Communications and Public Relations Specialisation. He has also been active in a foundation called Children, the light of the world and done consulting work.
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