predecessor successor birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
traian băsescu sorin oprescu crevenicu , teleorman county , romania romanian democratic liberal party mayor of bucharest 1 june 1962 april 2005 foto a. videanu.jpg adriean videanu
 19 june 2008 adriean marian videanu
adriean videanu

adriean marian videanu -lrb- ; born 1 june 1962 in crevenicu , teleorman county -rrb- is a businessman and former mayor of bucharest , romania .
he is also a vice president of the democratic liberal party of romania , which was led by emil boc and the minister of economy in the boc cabinet , since 22 december 2008 .
a businessman in the marble and granite industry , videanu was elected mayor in early april 2005 , gathering 53.01 % of the bucharest electorate 's vote , but the turnout was the lowest since 1989 , with only 24.83 % of the voters turning up .
starting with 2008 videanu is under corruption investigation regarding a business with raw materials for constructions -lrb- i.e. curbstones -rrb- .
his own companies were involved in the scandalous affair of the `` curbstonization '' of the romanian capital city , bucharest .
a large number of streets from romanian capital were paved with new curbstones imported from china during the period of 2006-2008 .
the traffic was severely disturbed , rising the dissatisfaction of bucharest inhabitants .
according to some preliminary data videanu 's companies obtained illegally 4 million euros from state funds .
on 29 january 2015 he was arrested for new corruption allegations .
he and his wife mioriţa have two children , andrei-valentin and diana-alexandra .
