Gheorghe Şerban was a Romania

Romania

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n journalist, politician and writer, best known for his role in the writing of the Proclamation of Timişoara

Proclamation of Timisoara

The Proclamation of Timişoara was a thirteen-point written document, drafted on March 11, 1990 by the Timişoara participants in Romania's 1989 Revolution, and partly issued in reaction to the first Mineriad...

in the wake of the 1989 Revolution

Romanian Revolution of 1989

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Şerban was born in Buzău

Buzau

The city of Buzău is the county seat of Buzău County, Romania, in the historical region of Wallachia. It lies near the right bank of the Buzău River, between the south-eastern curvature of the Carpathian Mountains and the lowlands of Bărăgan Plain.The city's name dates back to 376 AD when the name...

. Before 1989, he taught Marxism

Marxism

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 at Polytechnic University of Timişoara

Polytechnic University of Timisoara

The "Politehnica" University of Timişoara was founded on November 11, 1920. It is one of the largest technical universities in Central and Eastern Europe.The university has 10 faculties and several independent departments....

. After taking part in the Revolution, he became member of the Timişoara Society and a journalist for Timişoara newspaper.

In 1994, he joined the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party

Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania)

The Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party is a Romanian Christian-Democratic party...

 and was later elected to the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Romania

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 for Timiş County

Timis County

Timiș , , Banat Bulgarian: ) is a county of western Romania, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the largest county in Romania in terms of land area....

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