Gheorghe Funar (b. September 29, 1949 in Sânnicolau Mare) is a nationalist Romanian politician, who rose to fame as mayor of Cluj-Napoca between 1992 and 2004. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sânnicolau Mare (also spelled Sînnicolau Mare, Banat Bulgarian: Smikluš, Groß Sankt Nikolaus Nagyszentmiklós is a town in Timiş County The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/ Klausenburg Kolozsvár Napoca Castrum Clus Claudiopolis קלויזנבורג Kloiznburg until 1974 Cluj, is the third
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He became well known for his very strong nationalist stance in favor of ethnic Romanians in Cluj-Napoca, which is a multi-ethnic city with an ethnic Romanian majority (79. The Romanians (dated Rumanians or Roumanians; Romanian: români or historically and today rather seldom and only regional rumâni (pronunciation in Romanian: /'kluʒ na'poka/ Klausenburg Kolozsvár Napoca Castrum Clus Claudiopolis קלויזנבורג Kloiznburg until 1974 Cluj, is the third The Romanians (dated Rumanians or Roumanians; Romanian: români or historically and today rather seldom and only regional rumâni 39%) and a significant ethnic Hungarian population (18. Hungarians (or Magyars, magyarok are an Ethnic group primarily associated with Hungary. 96%). Other ethnic groups include Roma and Germans. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins This article is about the German diaspora See Germans for the German ethnicity in general Cluj-Napoca is considered to be the capital city of Transylvania, a historical region within Romania with historic ties to both Hungary and Romania. Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian At various times during its history Romania extended over the following historical regions Transylvania and Partium Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
Funar was a candidate for presidency for the Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR) in 1992 and 1996. The Romanian National Unity Party ( Partidul Unităţii Naţionale a Românilor, PUNR was a Political party in Romania between 1990 and 2006 In 1997, after he was expelled from PUNR, he joined the far-right Greater Romania Party. The Greater Romania Party (Partidul România Mare PRM is a Romanian neo-fascist political party led by Corneliu Vadim Tudor. Funar lost the Cluj-Napoca mayoral elections in the first round in 2004. Emil Boc of the Justice and Truth Alliance won the elections during the second round run-off elections against Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate Ioan Rus. Emil Boc (b September 6, 1966 in Răchiţele, Cluj County) is a Romanian politician The Justice and Truth Alliance (in Romanian Alianţa Dreptate şi Adevăr, or D The Social Democratic Party of Romania (in Romanian, Partidul Social Democrat, PSD is a major political party of Romania.
Funar is currently the General Secretary of the Greater Romania Party and is a Member of Parliament. The Parliament of Romania is made up of two chambers The Chamber of Deputies The Senate Prior to Among his proposals in the national government is the distribution of Romanian-language Bibles to all citizens, and the raising of a statue of Mihai Eminescu in every commune. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin A commune ( comună in Romanian) is the lowest level of administrative subdivision in Romania
He is married to Sabina Funar, a professor at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca. University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca is a University located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Mayorship of Cluj-Napoca
While many voters may have claimed that they voted for him only due to his economic policies, Funar's views demonstrated that tensions over Transylvania's ethnic identity continued after the end of Communism in Romania in 1989 and more than seventy years after Transylvania became a part of Romania. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based His views were often manifested in public policy. Among many other measures seen by many as an affront to the ethnic Hungarian community, Funar requested the municipality to paint many public items—including park benches, pavements and even garbage bins—in the colors of the Romanian flag (blue, yellow and red). The national flag of Romania is a tricolour with vertical stripes beginning from the flagpole blue yellow and red At Christmas time, the municipality was allowed to use only red, yellow and blue Christmas lights. Christmas lights (also sometimes called fairy lights, twinkle lights or holiday lights in the United States are strands of Electric lights used
In 1993, the city's central plaza, "Piaţa Libertăţii" (Liberty Square), was renamed "Piaţa Unirii" (Unification Square), to call to mind the 1918 unification of Transylvania and Romania. Transylvania (Ardeal or ro ''Transilvania'' Erdély, see also other denominations) is a Central European region located in the eastern half of the Carpathian He changed the label of the statue of Matthias Corvinus from "Matthias Rex Hungarorum" (Matthias King of Hungarians) to just "Matthias Rex". Matthias Corvinus ( Matthias the Just; February 23 1443 &ndash April 6 1490) was King of Hungary and In September 1996, when Romania signed a friendship treaty with Hungary, Funar organized a funeral ceremony on the streets of Cluj-Napoca. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic In 1997, he hung a banner in front of the Hungarian Consulate in Cluj saying "This is the seat of the Hungarian spies in Romania". Many of Funar's changes were reversed under the mayorship of his successor, Emil Boc.
Between 1992 and 1993, Funar supported a large-scale Ponzi scheme run by Caritas, a company based in Cluj-Napoca. A Ponzi scheme is a Fraudulent Investment operation that involves promising or paying abnormally high returns (" Profits quot to investors out of the Caritas was a Ponzi scheme in Romania which was active between April 1992 and August 1994 Funar helped Caritas build its credibility by renting space for it in the town hall, appearing with its owner in public and at on television, and defending the company from attacks. A city hall or town hall is the chief administrative building of a City or Town 's administration and usually houses the city or [1] Funar also gave Caritas space in the local newspaper to list the names of the winners (amounting 44 pages in 1993) and lent him space at the local stadium to run his operations. [2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Katherine Verdery, "Faith, Hope, and Caritas in the Land of the Pyramids: Romania, 1990 to 1994", Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. The following is a list of mayors of Cluj-Napoca, Romania called Cluj from 1918 to 1974 except during the Hungarian occupation of 1940-1944 when it was 37, No. 4. (Oct. , 1995), pp. 654
- ^ Pyramid Scheme a Trap for Many Romanians, November 13, 1993, New York Times
References
- Nick Thorpe, Hungarians unwanted in Romania census, BBC News, 2002. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved March 5, 2006. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
External links
- BBC News – Mayor paints town red - and yellow and blue
- BBC World Service – Letters from Budapest: Nick Thorpe on the right to say 'yes' – about a marrying couple getting in trouble by saying "yes" to each other in their own language (Cluj, 2002).
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