Gabriel Oprea, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gabriel Oprea

Romanian politician

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1961

Place of Birth: Fundulea, Călărași County, Romania

Profession: lawyer, politician, general officer

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gabriel Oprea (Romanian pronunciation: [gabri'el 'opre?a]; born 1 January 1961) is a Romanian politician and a general in the army reserves.
The former president of the National Union for the Progress of Romania and a former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) who is now an independent, he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Ilfov County from 2004 to 2012 and was a Senator for Bucharest from 2012 to 2016.
In the Adrian Nastase cabinet, he was Minister-Delegate for Public Administration from June 2003 to July 2004; in the Emil Boc cabinet, he was Minister of Administration and Interior from December 2008 to January 2009; again under Boc and continuing under Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, he was Defence Minister (December 2009-May 2012); and in the Victor Ponta cabinet, served as deputy prime minister from December 2012, additionally holding the Interior portfolio from January 2014.
From June to July 2015, and again from late July into August, he was interim Prime Minister of Romania.
That November, he left the government after Ponta's resignation.