Victor Ponta

Victor Ponta was born 20th of September in the year 1972.

He is a Romanian jurist and politician who has served a Prime Minister of Romania since May 2012 when President Traian Basescu appointed him. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and its leader since 2010 as well as joint leader of the governing Social Liberal Union (USL). Ponta has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Gorj County since 2004. In the Emil Boc cabinet, he was Minister Delegate for Relations with Parliament from 2008 to 2009. He began his time as head of government with a victory for his alliance on local elections, as well as criticism from civil society after several prominent.