What is Victor Ponta?
{{Infobox Officeholder |honorific-prefix = |name = Victor Ponta |honorific-suffix = |image = Victor Ponta la reuniunea USL - 13.01.2014 (5) (11926988385).jpg |imagesize = |smallimage = |caption = |order = |office = Prime-Minister of Romania |term_start = 7 May 2012 |term_end = 5 November 2015 |alongside = |vicepresident = |viceprimeminister = [[Florin Georgescu]] |deputy = |president = [[Traian Băsescu]] |primeminister = |succeeding = <!--For President-elect or equivalent--> |predecessor = [[Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu]] |successor = [[Sorin Cîmpeanu]] |constituency = |majority = }} '''Victor Ponta''' (b. 20 September 1972, [[Bucharest]]) is a [[Romania]]n politician. He was president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) from [[February 2010]] until [[July 2015]] when he resigned. On 7 May 2012, he became [[Prime Minister]] of Romania.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.france24.com/en/20120427-romania-government-prime-minister-president-basesci-ponta-government-no-confidence |title=Romania opposition leader to become PM |first= |last= |work=france24.com |year=28 April 2012 |accessdate=21 August 2012}}</ref> He resigned on 5 November 2015. He studied law in Bucharest, finishing in 1995. He was PSD's candidate for the Romanian presidential elections in 2014, but since then has left the Social Democratic Party and created his own party which he called the Pro Romania Party. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Sources== [http://www.victorponta.ro Victor Ponta's official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508001909/http://www.victorponta.ro/ |date=2012-05-08 }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponta, Victor}} [[Category:Prime Ministers of Romania]] [[Category:1972 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Politicians from Bucharest]]