Cristian Popescu Piedone
| Cristian Popescu Piedone | |
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| Mayor of Bucharest's Sector 4 | |
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In office 2008 – 4 November 2015 |
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February 15, 1963 Bucharest, Romania |
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| Alma mater | University of Petroșani |
Cristian Popescu Piedone (born February 15, 1963) is a Romanian politician who has served as mayor of Bucharest's Sector 4 from 2008 until the November 4, 2015, when he resigned following the Colectiv nightclub fire and the subsequent 2015 Romanian protests.
Before the Romanian Revolution, Cristian Popescu was the head waiter at a seaside restaurant. In 1990, he opened his own restaurant named Restaurantul Ciocârlia ("Nightingale Restaurant") on the Dâmbovița River quay in Bucharest. Popescu joined the Party of Social Democracy in Romania in 1994 after the youth wing of the party started congregating in his restaurant.
He began studying at the Dimitre Gusti High School in Bucharest in 1991, at the age of 28, graduating four years later. He later continued his studies at the University of Petroșani, which he graduated in 2002.
In 2000, he was elected member of the General Council of Bucharest on the lists of the Social Democratic Party, becoming also an inspector at the Sector 6 city hall. In 2004, he was elected councilor for Bucharest's Sector 6.
He quit the Social-Democrats and joined the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party, then the National Democratic Bloc, a small party created by trade unionists of Blocul Național Sindical ("National Union Bloc") and allied with Greater Romania Party and finally joined the Conservative party.
Following the election of Bucharest Mayor Traian Băsescu as President of Romania, a by-election was held to replace the now-vacant function. Popescu was a candidate representing the National Democratic Bloc, gaining 37,985 votes, or 8,71%.
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