România Renaște Explained

"Romania Renaissance!" Movement
Native Name:	Mișcarea România Renaște!
Colorcode:	333491
Leader1 Title:	Leader
Leader1 Name:	Prof. univ. Dr. Dumitru Borțun
Foundation:	February 2024
Ideology:	Patriotism Anti-corruption
Youth Wing:	TEAMG
Membership:	cca. 7,000
Headquarters:	Bucharest, Romania
Colours:	Red Yellow Blue
Slogan:	Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Gândește Independent! (Think Independently!)
Blank1 Title:	Constituent organisations
Blank1:	2 political parties and 32 NGO
Country:	Romania

The România Renaissance Movement (also translated as Romania Reborn! Movement) is a non-governmental civic-political organization in Romania,^{[1] [2]} which supports a possible independent candidacy of Mircea Geoană in the 2024 Romanian presidential elections.^{[3] [4]}

Mission

The Romania Renaissance mission declares itself a "community of patriots and democrats in the service of the nation, who want Romania to make a historic leap in development".^{[5] [6]}

At the end of June, the "Romania Reborn!" Movement launched an appeal to what she considers to be "the healthy and democratic forces in Romania" to support the independent candidacy of NATO deputy secretary general Mircea Geoană. Also, the organization asked Mircea Geoană to assume a candidacy for the position of president of Romania.^{[7] [8]}

Members

In "Romania Reborn!" Movement more than 7,000 members, two parties and 32 civic organizations and non-governmental organizations have joined so far.

• Dumitru Borțun – doctor of philosophy and professor at the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations of the National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA) in Bucharest
• Alina Inayeh – former director of the Bucharest Office and the Black Sea Trust within the German Marshall Fund
  • Cătălin Tomescu – Head of NATO's Southeast Multinational Corps Command between 2020 and 2022, with three stars Lieutenant General Cezar Gheorghe – CEO and founder of AGRIColumn
• Marius Profiroiu – professor at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest
• Ștefan Busnatu – cardiologist at the "Bagdasar Arseni" Emergency Clinical Hospital, head of works and vice-dean at the Faculty of Medicine of the "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCD) in Bucharest
• Ioana Mateș – lawyer
• Clara Volintiru – director of the Bucharest branches of the German Marshall Fund, respectively the Black Sea Trust (BST)
• Paula Pîrvănescu – former independent candidate in the 2024 European Parliament elections, president of the RBC Association (Romanian Business Chamber) between 2020 and 2024
• Augustin Jianu – former Minister of Communications and Information Society (January 4 – June 29, 2017), co-founder and CEO of Facem, co-founder of the Romanian startup certME
• Florentin Gust – president of the Dolj branch of the Red Cross and member of the Steering Committee of the Romanian Red Cross, PSRO deputy in the 2008–2012 and 2012–2016 legislatures, founder of Kangen Center Romania
• Radu Preda – senator in the 2016–2020 legislature
• Marius Tunduc – co-founder of Cest Pharma and president of the National Union of Columbophiles from Romania – "Columba"
• Marius Lazăr – co-president of the Green Party, former secretary of state in the Ministry of Labour
• Mihai Apostolache – university lecturer, PSRO deputy in the 2004–2008 and 2008–2012 legislatures, president of the Romania in Action Party
• Simona Neumann^[9] – former executive director of Timișoara2023
• Adrian Tudor^[10] – former deputy mayor of Târgu Jiu, executive president of Green Party
• Ioana Petrescu – Romanian economist who served as the country's Finance Minister in 2014, president of environmentalist NGO "Pur și Simplu Verde"

Party		Abbr.	Ideology	Leader
	Romania in Action Party	România în Acțiune	Localism Participatory democracy Romanian nationalism	Mihai Apostolache
	Green Party – The Greens	Verzii	Green politics Green conservatism Anti-corruption	Marius Lazăr

See also

• 2024 Romanian Presidential Election
• Mircea Geoană
• Romania Renaste (RO)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Redacția . 2024-05-09 . Geoană spune că mișcarea „civică cu sens politic” care îl susține reunește mulți oameni diverși și frumoși, ceea ce îl face să se gândească „mai serios” la perspectivele sale publice după încheierea mandatului la NATO . 2024-08-03 . G4Media.ro . ro-RO.
2. Web site: 2024-05-09 . Geoană, despre proiectul „România renaşte”: „E o mişcare civică cu sens politic. Dacă oameni atât de frumoşi intră în această mișcare este şi pentru mine o încurajare - HotNews.ro . 2024-08-03 . ro-RO.
3. Web site: Mișcarea România Renaște, vehiculul lui Mircea Geoană către Cotroceni Giurgiuveanul.ro – ziarul giurgiuvenilor, stiri din giurgiu, giurgiu news . 2024-08-03 . www.giurgiuveanul.ro.
4. Web site: 2024-06-28 . Romania Renaste Movement asking Mircea Geoana to run for Romania's presidency . 2024-08-03 . Stiri pe surse . en.
5. Web site: Proiectul Tuturor Românilor . 2024-08-03 . România Renaște . ro-RO.
6. Web site: Ursan . Radu . 2024-02-13 . S-a lansat „România Renaște”, „comunitatea de patrioți și democrați” care-l susține pe Mircea Geoană cu mesaje suveraniste: Putem și singuri, că nu avem nevoie de un stăpân din afară care să ne îndrume sau să ne certe . 2024-08-03 . R3media . ro-RO.
7. Web site: 2024-06-28 . ONG-ul care îl susține pe Mircea Geoană îi cere acestuia să candideze la prezidențiale. Când ar putea renunța fostul lider PSD la NATO . 2024-08-03 . www.digi24.ro . ro.
8. Web site: admin . 2024-06-29 . APELUL Mișcării „România Renaște!” către toate forțele sănătoase și democratice din România . 2024-08-03 . România Renaște . ro-RO.
9. Web site: Bănățeanu . Corneliu . 2024-07-26 . Simona Neumann s-a alăturat mișcării civice ”România Renaște” - Ziua de Vest . 2024-08-03 . en-US.
10. Web site: 2024-07-25 . Ce lider de partid din Gorj susține candidatura lui Geoană la prezidențiale - AS in Gorj . 2024-08-03 . ro-RO.