Victor Ponta
| Victor Ponta | |
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| 63rd Prime Minister of Romania | |
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In office 10 August 2015 – 5 November 2015 |
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| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Deputy | Gabriel Oprea |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Oprea (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Sorin Cîmpeanu (Acting) |
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In office 9 July 2015 – 29 July 2015 |
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| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Deputy | Gabriel Oprea |
| Preceded by | Gabriel Oprea (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Oprea (Acting) |
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In office 7 May 2012 – 22 June 2015 |
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| President |
Traian Băsescu Crin Antonescu (Acting) Traian Băsescu Klaus Iohannis |
| Deputy | Gabriel Oprea |
| Preceded by | Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu |
| Succeeded by | Gabriel Oprea (Acting) |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
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In office 21 February 2010 – 12 July 2015× |
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| Preceded by | Mircea Geoană |
| Succeeded by | Rovana Plumb (Acting) |
| Minister of Parliamentary Relations | |
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In office 22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Emil Boc |
| Preceded by | Mihai Voicu |
| Succeeded by | Sorina-Luminiţa Plăcintă (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Victor-Viorel Ponta 20 September 1972 Bucharest, Romania |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Social Liberal Union (2011–2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Roxana Ponta (Before 2006) Daciana Sârbu (2006–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Bucharest National Defence University |
| Religion | Romanian Orthodoxy |
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| Website | Official website |
| ×Ponta was on leave between 24 June and 9 July 2015, during which time Rovana Plumb served as acting leader. | |
Victor-Viorel Ponta (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈviktor ˈponta]; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian jurist and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Romania between his appointment by President Traian Băsescu in May 2012 and his resignation in November 2015. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and its leader from 2010 to 2015, he was also joint leader (2012–2014) of the then-governing Social Liberal Union (USL), an alliance with the National Liberal Party (PNL). Ponta has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Gorj County since 2004. In the Emil Boc cabinet, he was Minister-Delegate for Relations with Parliament from 2008 to 2009.
Ponta began his time as head of government with a victory for his alliance in local elections, as well as criticism from civil society after several prominent Băsescu-associated figures in government-funded culture and history institutes were removed or resigned from their posts. Eventually, a political crisis broke out with the replacement of the heads of each legislative chamber and an attempt to dismiss Băsescu – an effort that ultimately failed when the subsequent impeachment referendum was invalidated by the Constitutional Court due to low turnout. Meanwhile, Ponta was the subject of controversy due to allegations of plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. Seven months after gaining office, Ponta helped lead the USL to a decisive victory in parliamentary elections, prompting his appointment to a full four-year term as premier. A little over a year later, the USL fell apart and Ponta formed a new cabinet with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) as coalition partners.
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