b. 11 feb. 1953

Ovidiu Cameliu PETRESCU

Curriculum Vitae

Date and place of birth: 11 February 1953, Mizil, Prahova County
Civil status: married, 1 child

Faculty of Philosophy (1977),
Faculty of Law (1985) - University of Bucharest

vice-president of the Buzau County FSN Branch;
March 1990 - May 1992 president of the Buzau Town FSN Organisation;
vice-president of the Buzau County Organisation of the FDSN, PDSR and, then, PSD, since May 1992 up to the present;
since October 2002, member of the PSD Central Executive Bureau

deputy, since 1990;
member of the Committee for Labour and Social Security;
1992 -1996 member of the Validation Committee;
president of the Committee for Drawing Up the New Regulations of the Chamber of Deputies;
until 1 September 1993, secretary of the Committee for Defence, Public Order, and National Security;
since 1 September 1993, secretary of the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies ;
during the same time period, member of the Delegation of the Parliament of Romania to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly;
co-initiator of the Romanian Parliament's Decision no. 30 of 1993 on the setting-up of the Standing Joint Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for the Control over the Activity of the Romanian Intelligence Service, and of the Bill on the People's Advocate;
1996-2000 vice-president of the Standing Joint Committee of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for the Control of the Activity of the Romanian Intelligence Service;
member of the Executive Committee of the Romania interparliamentary Group;
since 2000, vice-president of the Standing Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies, and president of the Delegation of the Parliament of Romania to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly;
president of the Romania-United Kingdom and member of the Romania-Austria friendship parliamentary groups;
for the first two months of the office, president of the Validation Committee of the Chamber of Deputies;
initiator of three bills in the field of national security and of a legislative proposal in the field of pensions

Profession: jurist
employed by various companies in Buzau County, and the Trade Union Arts Centre in Buzau

The Members of Parliament and the Barbers (political and economic essays), 1998 ;
numerous articles in the press of Buzau County

"For Merits" National Award, rank of Chevalier

English

Buzau, Bd. Unirii, bl. 22, parter
e-mail: ovpetrescu@cdep.ro vice-president's office 402.10.14, 402.10.15
deputy's office 0238.710.861