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Gabriel Oprea

Gabriel Oprea
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Prime Minister of Romania
Acting
In office
29 July 2015 – 10 August 2015
President Klaus Iohannis
Preceded by Victor Ponta
Succeeded by Victor Ponta
In office
22 June 2015 – 9 July 2015
President Klaus Iohannis
Preceded by Victor Ponta
Succeeded by Victor Ponta
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
5 March 2014 – 9 November 2015
Acting: 23 January 2014 – 5 March 2014
Prime Minister Victor Ponta
Preceded by Radu Stroe
Succeeded by Sorin Cîmpeanu
In office
22 December 2008 – 13 January 2009
Prime Minister Emil Boc
Preceded by Cristian David
Succeeded by Dan Nica (Acting)
Deputy Prime Miniser of Romania
In office
21 December 2012 – 9 November 2015
Prime Minister Victor Ponta
Sorin Cîmpeanu (Acting)
Preceded by Florin Georgescu
Succeeded by Vasile Dîncu
Costin Borc
Minister of National Defence
In office
23 December 2009 – 7 May 2012
Prime Minister Emil Boc
Cătălin Predoiu (Acting)
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Preceded by Mihai Stănișoară
Succeeded by Corneliu Dobrițoiu
Personal details
Born (1961-01-01) 1 January 1961 (age 56)
Fundulea, Călărași County, Romania
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations
National Union for the Progress of Romania (2010–2016)
Social Democratic Party (2003–2009)
Spouse(s) Sanda Oprea
Children 2
Alma mater Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy
University of Bucharest
Carol I National Defence University
Military service
Years of service 1983–2003
Rank General

Gabriel Oprea (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈel ˈopre̯a]; born 1 January 1961) is a Romanian politician and a general in the army reserves. The former president of the National Union for the Progress of Romania and a former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who is now an independent, he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Ilfov County from 2004 to 2012 and was a Senator for Bucharest from 2012 to 2016. In the Adrian Năstase cabinet, he was Minister-Delegate for Public Administration from June 2003 to July 2004; in the Emil Boc cabinet, he was Minister of Administration and Interior from December 2008 to January 2009; again under Boc and continuing under Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, he was Defence Minister (December 2009-May 2012); and in the Victor Ponta cabinet, served as deputy prime minister from December 2012, additionally holding the Interior portfolio from January 2014. From June to July 2015, and again from late July into August, he was interim Prime Minister of Romania. That November, he left the government after Ponta's resignation.

He was born in Fundulea, Călăraşi County and in 1980 entered the Active Officers' Military School in Sibiu, graduating as an officer in 1983. Following Law studies at the University of Bucharest from 1985 to 1990, he qualified as a lawyer, in 2000 obtaining a Law doctorate from the same institution. He also finished a course in national security at the Carol I National Defence University in 1997. In 2001, he was a professor at the latter school; he served as thesis adviser at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza Police Academy in 2002 and has been both professor and thesis adviser at the National Academy of Intelligence since 2008. He has also authored and co-authored a number of books and chapters since 2001. He and his wife Sanda have a daughter and a son.


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