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Patronul clubului de fotbal Steaua București, om de afaceri și politician român controversat. | A controversial Romanian politician and businessman.
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Gigi Becali Biography

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George Becali, cunoscut È™i ca Gigi Becali (n. 25 iunie 1958, satul Zagna, judeÈ›ul Brăila) este patronul clubului de fotbal Steaua BucureÈ™ti, om de afaceri È™i politician român controversat. A fost membru al Parlamentului European între iunie 2009 È™i decembrie 2012 È™i membru al Parlamentului României din decembrie 2012 până la condamnarea penală în mai 2013. Este cunoscut pentru actele filantropice în sprijinul unor comunități de sinistraÈ›i, asociaÈ›ii religioase, dar È™i declaraÈ›iile publice controversate, în acest sens Washington Post menÈ›ionând „înclinaÈ›ia lui pentru retorica homofobă. misogină È™i rasistă”.

 

Activitate politică

În 2000 a candidat pentru Camera DeputaÈ›ilor din partea unei asociaÈ›ii a italienilor din România, ratând cu puÈ›in intrarea în Parlament. A preluat Partidul Noua GeneraÈ›ie de la fondatorul acestuia, Viorel Lis, fost primar al BucureÈ™tiului, devenind preÈ™edinte al acestui partid la data de 10 ianuarie 2004. A promovat o doctrină creÈ™tină, de dreapta, cu accente naÈ›ionaliste, apropiată de cea a Partidului România Mare È™i a partidelor extremiste europene. În anul 2004 a participat la alegerile pentru preÈ™edinÈ›ia României, fiind candidatul acestui partid. A obÈ›inut 1,77% din opÈ›iunile de vot. La alegerile europarlamentare din 2007, s-a aflat pe prima poziÈ›ie pe lista PNG, dar partidul său s-a aflat la mică distanță sub pragul electoral.

 

  • În Parlamentul European

A fost ales în Parlamentul European la data de 7 iunie 2009 pe lista Partidului România Mare, alături de Corneliu Vadim Tudor. în cele nouă luni până în martie 2010 a participat la numai 10 din cele 37 de È™edinÈ›e în plen, fiind reprezentantul României cu cea mai slabă prezență, de numai 27 %. Prin aceasta a contribuit la plasarea României pe ultimul loc între naÈ›iunile reprezentate în Parlamentul European, România având o prezență de numai 84,46 %. În perioada menÈ›ionată el a vorbit în plenul Parlamentului European de cinci ori È™i a depus un singur amendament; nu a pus nici o întrebare, nu a făcut nici o propunere de rezoluÈ›ie, nu a avut nici o declaraÈ›ie scrisă È™i nu a elaborat nici un raport.

 

  • În Parlamentul României

La alegerile legislative de la data de 9 decembrie 2012, Becali a candidat pentru un mandat de deputat în Colegiul 25 din BucureÈ™ti, pe din partea Uniunii Social-Liberale, ca membru al PNL. El a fost ales cu majoritatea de voturi (65%). După depunerea jurământului, Becali a fost numit membru în comisia juridică a Camerei DeputaÈ›ilor. La data de 11 februarie 2013, ca urmare a condamnării cu suspendare pentru sechestrare de persoane, È™i-a dat demisia din PNL, devenind deputat independent; mandatul său a încetat după condamnarea definitivă, la trei ani de închisoare cu executare, primită pentru coruperea unor înalÈ›i funcÈ›ionari publici în scopul facilitării unui schimb de terenuri.

 

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George Becali (commonly known in Romania as Gigi Becali; born 25 June 1958) is a controversial Romanian politician and businessman, mostly known for his ownership of the Steaua BucureÅŸti football club. He was a Member of the European Parliament between June 2009 and December 2012 and a Member of the Romanian Parliament since December 2012 up until his conviction in May 2013.

 

Political career

At the 2000 Romanian legislative election, Becali was a candidate of the "League of Italian Communities in Romania" for the seat in the Chamber of Deputies reserved for the Italian minority. He received 16,266 votes (0.15%) countrywide, of which 7,677 in Ilfov County. Nevertheless, he lost to Ileana Stana-Ionescu, who got only 2,943 votes in one constituency. Becali contested the results, but according to Romanian election law, for national minorities, it is not the total number of votes that matters; the individual who gains the largest percentage in one constituency wins the seat reserved for that national minority.

 

He has led the New Generation – Christian Democrat Party (PNG-CD) since January 2004, being its candidate in the 2004 presidential election, receiving 1.77% of votes cast (184,560 votes). In his 2004 electoral campaign, Becali used clips of the "Mihai Viteazul" movie (directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu), whose main character was played by Amza Pellea. Amza's daughter, Oana Pellea, sued Becali for using Amza Pellea's image without permission and won 35,000 RON (about $12,000) in damages. He often had disputes with Corneliu Vadim Tudor, another extremist politician. These disputes, usually consisted of exchanges of insults between the two. He had another dispute with Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu whom he named a "cockroach-politician" and a "Very Important Papagal" (papagal means "parrot" in Romanian and is regarded as an insult).

 

In December 2006, he promised that his party would generate a "Cultural revolution" in Romania. At the elections for the European Parliament, held in November 2007, his party (PNG-CD) obtained 4.86% of the popular vote, just under the 5% needed for admission in the EU governing body. The same happened in the December 2008 elections, which came as a surprise to many people.

 

At the June 2009 European Parliament election, Becali ran on Vadim's Greater Romania Party ticket and won a seat in the European Parliament. However, on June 9, Romanian judges upheld a travel ban on Becali for the duration of an illegal incarceration investigation by police, banning him from taking his seat in the EP; Becali retorted that he intended to take his seat in Brussels and dared the justice system to arrest him in Belgium. Eventually, the Romanian supreme court lifted all restrictions on him. He also ran in the 2009 presidential elections where he got 1.91% of the vote.

 

In 2012, he was selected as a candidate of the Social-Liberal Union (USL) for a deputy mandate in Bucharest, Sector 6, at the National Liberal Party's (PNL) side. He negotiated the coalition of PNG-CD with PNL, but the majority of the liberals didn't agree with this measure. On 19 October 2012, Becali joined PNL, with the support of the party president, Crin Antonescu. He won the election in the 25th uninominal college with 65% of the votes. Becali requested to be a member of the Judicial Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and received assurances that he will be appointed. He resigned from PNL after receiving penal condemnation. On 29 May 2013, the Chamber of Deputies decreed the end of Becali's term as parliamentarian.

 

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2014-05-07

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