Nicolae Văcăroiu

former prime minister of Romania

Nicolae Văcăroiu (born 5 December 1943 in Cetatea Albă, now Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in Ukraine) is a Romanian politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party. He was the Prime Minister between 1992 and 1996. Before the 1989 Revolution he worked at the Committee for State Planning with Theodor Stolojan.[1]

Nicolae Văcăroiu
President of Romania
Acting
In office
20 April 2007 – 23 May 2007
Prime MinisterCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Preceded byTraian Băsescu
Succeeded byTraian Băsescu
Prime Minister of Romania
In office
4 November 1992 – 12 December 1996
PresidentIon Iliescu
Emil Constantinescu
Preceded byTheodor Stolojan
Succeeded byVictor Ciorbea
President of the Court of Accounts
Assumed office
14 October 2008
Preceded byDan Drosu Şaguna
President of the Senate
In office
20 December 2000 – 14 October 2008
Preceded byMircea Ionescu-Quintus
Succeeded byDoru Ioan Tǎrǎcilǎ (Acting)
Senator from Argeş
In office
20 December 1996 – 14 October 2008
Personal details
Born (1943-12-05) 5 December 1943 (age 80)
Cetatea Albă, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Political partySocial Democratic Party
ProfessionEconomist

He was the President of the Senate of Romania for almost eight years.

On 14 October 2008 he was voted by the Parliament as President of the Court of Audit.

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  1. Văcăroiu, un funcţionar de la Comitetul Planificării comuniste, schimbă destinul României Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (Văcăroiu, A Clerk of the Communist Committee of State Planning, Changes the Destiny of Romania), in Evenimentul Zilei, 20 April 2007 (in Romanian)