(1949-09-29) 29 September 1949 (age 74) Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș County, Romanian People's Republic
Political party
Greater Romania Party
Other political affiliations
Romanian Communist Party (before 1989) Romanian National Unity Party (1990–1997)
Alma mater
Babeș-Bolyai University
Occupation
Economist
Gheorghe Funar (Romanian pronunciation:[ˈɡe̯orɡeˈfunar]; born September 29, 1949, in Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș County, Socialist Republic of Romania) is a nationalist Romanian politician, who rose to fame as a controversial mayor of Cluj-Napoca between 1992 and 2004.
GheorgheFunar (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ˈfunar]; born September 29, 1949, in Sânnicolau Mare, Timiș County, Socialist Republic of Romania) is...
nationalist GheorgheFunar of Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR), who had previously been mayor of Cluj-Napoca for twelve years. In that election, Funar lost...
nationalist party in post-communist Romania, created in 1990, with GheorgheFunar emerging as its leader. In the 1990 general elections the party ran...
and 53 of the 143 seats in the Senate. Petre Roman, György Frunda, GheorgheFunar, and Nicolae Manolescu openly endorsed Constantinescu in the second...
Tudor, Constantin Rotaru, William Brînză, Mirel Mircea Amariței and GheorgheFunar. The left-wing parties designated a single candidate: Victor Ponta,...
seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 49 of the 143 seats in the Senate. GheorgheFunar and Ioan Mânzatu openly endorsed Ion Iliescu in the second round. Of...
of Romania GheorgheFunar, economist, politician, former mayor of Cluj-Napoca Cozmin Gușă, physicist, journalist, politician Ion Gheorghe Maurer, lawyer...
presidency), the nationalist Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR) of GheorgheFunar and the Greater Romania Party (at that time national-communist) of Corneliu...
separately; the PUNR nominated GheorgheFunar as its presidential candidate, whilst the PR put forward Ioan Mânzatu. Funar finished third with 10.8% of...
and the last leader of the Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR) after GheorgheFunar resigned as leader. After the PUNR was absorbed by the PC (Conservative...
were Iosif Constantin Drăgan, the nationalist Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, GheorgheFunar, and General Mircea Chelaru, whose resignation from the Army was subsequently...
Emanuel Onoriu II". Facebook.com. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2019-10-17. "GheorgheFunar candidează la alegerile prezidenţiale. "În România sunt metale care...
In 2005, a number of 12 Greater Romania Party Senators (among which GheorgheFunar) proposed a law project which banned the usage of cyanides for gold...
Romanian-American writer Dumitru Fărcaș, Romanian tárogató (taragot) player GheorgheFunar, Romanian politician Zsolt Erőss (1968–2013), Hungarian high-altitude...
autoturism înmatriculat în Italia". Știrile PRO TV. June 14, 2013. "GheorgheFunar: Consiliul Național Extraordinar al PRM a demis conducerea partidului"...
promoting U.S.-Romanian trade. He also criticized Cluj-Napoca mayor GheorgheFunar for campaigning against a law granting rights to Romania's ethnic Hungarian...
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