Romeo Stavarache
Romeo Stavarache is a chemical engineer and inventor who became mayor of Bacău, Romania in 2004, succeeding the powerful local politician Dumitru Sechelariu, who had been mayor since 1996.
In 2004 Stavarache was the leader of the Humanist Romanian Party - Bacău section. The party he represented was allied, at that time, with the Social Democratic Party. In Bacău County Stavarache defeated Sechelariu.
In August 2004, after having a disagreement with the national leader of PUR, Stavarache left his political party for the Liberals. Late in December 2004, the Liberals, allied with the Democrats and other smaller political forces, forced PSD out of power and won a majority in Parliament. In 2005 Stavarache won a much contested local competition for the position of PNL leader - Bacău section. In 2009 Stavarache was elected vice-president of the National Liberal Party.
Romeo Stavarache, was arrested on June 26, 2014 by the National Anticorruption Agency for 24 hours. He allegedly received bribes of over RON 2.3 million from several businessmen, according to a DNA press release.
