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'''Petru Filip''' (born [[23 January]] [[1955]] in [[Slobozia]]) is a Romanian politician, member of the Democratic Party (PD-Partidul Democrat), currently representing Romania in the European Parliament, where he is affiliated to the Group of the [[European People's Party]] (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats.
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'''Petru Filip''' ({{IPA|ro|ˈpetru ˈfilip}}; born 23 January 1955 in [[Slobozia]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]]) is a [[Romania]]n politician and member of the [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD). Since 2008, he has been a member of the [[Senate of Romania|Senate]], representing [[Bihor County]].
He served as [[mayor]] of the municipality of [[Oradea]] (1992-1996, 2000-2004, 2004-2007), the capital of [[Bihor county]], [[Romania]].
Married to Dr. Valeria Filip, MD, Petru Filip is the father of Roxana (born 1980).
 
==Biography==
Petru Filip holds two PhD degrees, one in engineering, the second in public administration. For the latter of the two subjects, he is holding a chair at the "Agora" University in Oradea, as Associate Professor. Several years spent as an Expert of the Urban Institute in Washington add value to both his experience as a public official as well as his academic achievements in the field of Public Administration.▼
 
Filip served as mayor of [[Oradea]] (1992–1996, 2000–2007). He and his wife Valeria, a medical doctor, have one daughter.
Elected as leader of the [[Bihor]] county branch of the Democratic Party in 1998, he became national vice-president of the same party in 2005.▼
 
▲Petru Filip holds two PhD degrees, one in engineering, and the second in public administration. For the latter of the two subjects, he is holding a chair at the "Agora" University in Oradea, as Associate Professor. Several years spent as an Expertassociate ofprofessor. the Urban Institute in Washington add value to both his experience as a public official as well as his academic achievements in the field of Public Administration.
Given his long and successful tenure, loyalty to the Party and experience in regional and local politics, he is seen as one of the most important figures in the second line of the Democratic Party. To the landmarks of his political career belong holding the mayor chair of one of the largest Romanian municipalities as member of the opposition, during the 2000-2004 [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|PSD]] (formerly PDSR/FDSN/FSN) government, as well as a spectacular comeback in 2000 after having been once ousted as mayor in the 1996 elections.
 
▲Elected as leader of the [[Bihor]] countyCounty branchchapter of the Democratic Party in 1998, he became national vice-president of the National Permanent Bureau (BPN) of the same party in 2005. On April 30, 2010, Filip resigned from his position as chairman of the county party chapter.
As previously rumored, he ended his third term as Mayor of Oradea shortly before time, after being helped into his long-planned European politics career by the comfortable score realized by his Democratic Party's national list at the polls on November 25, 2007.
 
He ended his third term as Mayor of Oradea prematurely.
This date entered Romanian history as the finish line of the first ever electoral race to be lead in Romania for an alloted total of 35 seats in the European Parliament, after the country joined the European Union at the beginning of 2007.
 
Following a short career as an MEP, Filip returned to national politics in Romania, and the in the late fall of 2008, he was elected Senator. He was assigned to the Committee for Public Administration, Territorial Planning and Environmental Protection, which he chaired until September 8, 2010, when he was elected vice president of the Senate.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} He was a member of the [[Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)|Democratic Liberal Party]] (PDL) until April 2012 when his defection to the PSD.<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.gandul.info/politica/senatorul-petru-filip-se-inscrie-in-psd-9564610 "Senatorul Petru Filip se înscrie în PSD"], ''Gândul'', 23 April 2012; accessed April 24, 2012</ref>
Following a short career as MEP, Petru Filip returns on the stage of national politics in Romania, in late fall 2008. He ran and was consequently elected Senator. For his four year term, he is expected to join the Commission for Public Administration in the upper house of the Romanian Parliament.
 
==See also==
*[[List of mayors of Oradea]]
 
==Notes==
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== References ==
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=39710 Your MEPs: Petru Filip]
* [http://www.alegeri.tv/petru-filip Filip Petru]
* [https://www.senat.ro/ComponentaComisii.aspx?Zi=&ComisieID=e7b7cdf6-e84e-49bd-83ea-5a770fe3a0b0&FunctiaID=7573d713-45f4-4762-80fc-9a59c23546f9]
 
== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050123143911/http://petrufilip.ro/ www.petrufilip.ro]
 
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