Adrian Năstase

Adrian Năstase (born June 22, 1950 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian politician (Social Democratic Party of Romania, PSD ).

Life

youth

Năstase comes from a civil servant family, he is married for the second time and has two sons. From 1973 to 1977 he studied law in Bucharest.

politics

His political career began immediately after graduating from the Foreign Ministry's protocol department. In 1987 he was appointed professor at the University of Bucharest and a scientist at the Institute of Law. He represented the communist or Nicolae Ceausescu ideology in human rights organizations in Strasbourg and Oslo and was an opponent of " perestroika ". After the revolution in Romania in 1989 , he was foreign minister between 1990 and 1992 . On December 28, 2000 he became head of government of Romania.

Resignation and legal process

In the presidential election in December 2004, he was surprisingly beaten in the runoff election by his right-wing liberal rival Traian Băsescu . He then resigned from his post as Prime Minister on December 21, and then took over the post of President of Parliament. He resigned from this office in March 2006.

After many years of investigation, Năstase was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment in January 2012 for illegal party financing . After the conviction, which became final in June, he is said to have faked a suicide attempt on June 20, 2012 with the help of police officers and doctors in order to avoid custody. In March 2013, Năstase was released because people over 60 only have to serve a third of their sentences.

In addition, on March 30, 2012, a court in Bucharest sentenced him to three years probation in the first instance . The court found it proven that Năstase had blackmailed a former Romanian consul in Hong Kong . He described himself as innocent and suspected political motives.

In January 2014, the Supreme Court and Cassation Court sentenced Năstase to four years in prison for corruption and extortion. He was released again in August 2014.