Radu Mazăre
Radu Mazăre | |
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Radu Mazăre, in 2014 | |
| Mayor of Constanța | |
| In office June 2000 – May 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Gheorghe Mihăeși |
| Succeeded by | Decebal Făgădău |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania for Constanța County | |
| In office November 27, 1996 – June 27, 2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 5, 1968 Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Political party | Democratic Party (1995–1997) Independent (1997–2003) Social Democratic Party (since 2003) |
| Alma mater | Mircea cel Bătrân Naval Academy, Constanța |
| Profession | Electromechanical engineer |
Radu Ştefan Mazăre (born 5 July 1968) is a Romanian ex-politician. His political activity began with his election to the lower house of the Parliament on the Democratic Party (PD) list, which he left in 1997 to serve as an independent. In 2000, he defeated all party-supported contestants to be elected mayor of Constanța, one of Romania's largest cities and its foremost seaport. Joining the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 2003, he went on to win the following three elections with a comfortable majority. In 2015, during his fourth term, Mazăre resigned amid accusations of corruption, citing the unbearable stress caused by what he claimed to be politically motivated investigations. In 2017, he fled while under bail to Madagascar, claiming the right of asylum, but he was extradited back to Romania on 20 May 2019 to serve a 9-year sentence in prison. His brother, Alexandru Mazăre, also served as an MP.