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Victor Ponta

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Victor Viorel Ponta ([ˈviktor ˈponta]; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian politician and jurist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 2012 to 2015. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) from 2010 to 2015, and joint leader (2012–2014) of the then-governing Social Liberal Union (USL), an alliance with the National Liberal Party (PNL). Ponta was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Gorj County from 2004 to 2020, and was returned to a Dâmbovița County seat in 2024. In the Emil Boc cabinet, Ponta was Minister-Delegate for Relations with Parliament from 2008 to 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Ponta is the 12,636th most popular politician (up from 13,962nd in 2019), the 276th most popular biography from Romania (up from 333rd in 2019) and the 101st most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Ponta ranks 12,636 out of 19,576Before him are Alois Mock, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Yahya ibn al-Qasim, Publius Postumius Tubertus, Nehesy, and Marcus. After him are Fulgencio Yegros, Nur Devlet, Laches, Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine, Eudamidas I, and Liu Zhiyuan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Victor Ponta ranks 117Before him are Rebecca Romijn, Afghan Girl, Sofia Helin, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Özcan Deniz, and Jonny Lee Miller. After him are Ari Behn, Virgilijus Alekna, Trine Dyrholm, Eli Roth, Brian Molko, and Yuji Nakayoshi.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Victor Ponta ranks 276 out of 844Before him are Sándor Veress (1907), Júlia Várady (1941), Emil Racoviță (1868), Elvira Popescu (1894), István Avar (1905), and Franz Rohr von Denta (1854). After him are Natalya Varley (1947), Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1832), Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949), Calistrat Cuțov (1948), Patriarch Miron of Romania (1868), and Ludovic Orban (1963).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Victor Ponta ranks 101Before him are Nicolae Rădescu (1874), Miklós Bánffy (1873), Dimitrie Sturdza (1833), Nicolae Bălcescu (1819), György Klapka (1820), and Dimitrie Ghica (1816). After him are Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1832), Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1949), Patriarch Miron of Romania (1868), Ludovic Orban (1963), Lascăr Catargiu (1823), and Alexandru Marghiloman (1854).