Emil Constantinescu

Emil Constantinescu
Constantinescu in 1998
President of Romania
In office 29 November 1996 – 20 December 2000
Prime Minister	Nicolae Văcăroiu Victor Ciorbea Gavril Dejeu (Acting) Radu Vasile Alexandru Athanasiu (Acting) Mugur Isărescu
Preceded by	Ion Iliescu
Succeeded by	Ion Iliescu
Leader of the Romanian Democratic Convention
In office November 1992 – 29 November 1996
Preceded by	Corneliu Coposu
Personal details
Born	(1939-11-19) 19 November 1939 (age 84) Tighina, Ținutul Nistru, Kingdom of Romania (present day de jure Republic of Moldova, de facto Transnistrian Moldovan Republic)
Political party	National Liberal Party (2008–present)
Other political affiliations	Romanian Communist Party (1965–1989) Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (1990–1996) Independent (1996–2000; PNȚ-CD membership suspended while president) People's Action (2001–2008)
Spouse	Nadia Ileana Constantinescu
Children	Dragoș Norina Boru
Profession	Professor of Geology
Religion	Eastern Orthodox
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Emil Constantinescu (Romanian pronunciation: [eˈmil konstantiˈnesku] ^ⓘ; born 19 November 1939) is a Romanian professor and politician, who served as the 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).^[1] He had also subsequently presided the People's Action (AP) party from the early 2000s until it merged into the National Liberal Party (PNL) in 2008. Nowadays, Constantinescu remains involved in Romanian politics solely to a limited extent.