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Emil Boc

Emil Boc

Emil Boc, born in 1966 in Răchițele, Cluj County, is a Romanian lawyer, university lecturer and politician of the National Liberal Party (PNL, centre-right), which he has belonged to since 2014.

Born
1966 (60 years), Răchițele
Party
National Liberal Party
Office
Mayor of Cluj-Napoca 2012–
Education
Babeș-Bolyai University, Free University of Brussels
Website
emilboc.ro
Political position

Centre-right · Where sources place the party (National Liberal Party)
Wikipedia infobox: PNL is centre-right
Ideology: liberal conservatism, Christian democracy, economic liberalism

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He was Prime Minister of Romania from December 2008 to February 2012 and has been mayor of Cluj-Napoca since 2012, after an earlier term in 2004-2008. A June 2025 Puterea.ro article listed him among names put forward for Prime Minister of Romania.

Career

Wikipedia lists studies in history and philosophy (1991) and law (1995) at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj and a doctorate in political science (2000). He has been registered with the Cluj Bar since 1996 and teaches at Babeș-Bolyai. He was a deputy from 2000 to 2004 and mayor of Cluj-Napoca in 2004-2008. He led the Democratic Party and then the Democratic Liberal Party from 2005 to 2012. He was Prime Minister from 22 December 2008 to 6 February 2012, resigning amid protests. He has been mayor again since 2012; he won the 2024 local election with 42.5% of the vote and has been in the PNL since 2014.

Offices held
  1. Mayor of Cluj-Napoca 2004–2008, 2012–
  2. Prime Minister of Romania 2008–2012
  3. Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania 2000–2004

Source: Wikidata

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia (en) · Wikipedia (ro) · Puterea.ro · Wikipedia

Photo: Estabien4555, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Romania?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Luca Niculescu5565%
Sorin GrindeanuCentre-left5211%
Alexandru Nazare4610%
Eugen TomacCentre-right452%
George SimionFar right402%
Dan MotreanuCentre-right562%
Ilie BolojanCentre-right572%
Alexandru RogobeteCentre-left352%
Șerban Matei1%
Leonardo BadeaCentre-left511%
Victor Ponta541%
Emil BocCentre-right60<1%

All 38 outcomes

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