Gheorghe Funar
Gheorghe Funar | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Senate of Romania | |
| In office 13 December 2004 – 14 December 2008 | |
| Constituency | Cluj County |
| Mayor of Cluj-Napoca | |
| In office February 1992 – June 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Teodor Groza |
| Succeeded by | Emil Boc |
| Leader of the Romanian National Unity Party | |
| In office 17 October 1992 – 22 March 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Constantin Ivasiuc |
| Succeeded by | Valeriu Tabără |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1949 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: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ˈfunar]; 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.