Background and career
Emil Constantinescu (born 19 November 1939) is a Romanian politician and professor, who served as the second President of Romania from 1996 to 2000. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Constantinescu became a founding member and vice president of the Civic Alliance (AC). In addition, he also served as the acting president of the Democratic Romanian Anti-Totalitarian Forum, the first associative structure of the democratic opposition in post-1989 Romania, which was later transformed into a centre-right political and electoral alliance known as the Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR). He subsequently presided over the People's Action (AP) party from the early 2000s until it merged into the National Liberal Party (PNL) in 2008.
.jpg?width=480)
.jpg?width=480)
.jpg?width=480)
.jpg?width=480)