Antonie Iorgovan (9 August 1948 – 4 October 2007) was a

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n jurist, professor, and politician. He was the lead author of the 1991 Constitution of Romania, which was subsequently revised in 2003. Iorgovan was born in Gornea,

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. After attending elementary school in his hometown and two years of high school in

Reșița Reșița (; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a city in western Romania and the capital of Caraș-Severin County. It is located in the Banat region. The city had a population of 58,393 in 2021. It administers six villages: Câlnic (''Kölnök''), Cuptoare (''Kupt ...

, he enrolled in 1964 in the Military School in

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, graduating in 1966. His military education was completed at the

Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy The Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Military Academy () is an institute of higher military education located in Sibiu, Romania. The institution was established July 1, 1920, at the initiative of Minister of War Ioan Rășcanu, through Decree 5376/1 ...

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, where he spent one year. From 1968 to 1972 he attended Law School at the

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, followed by a doctorate in law from the same university in 1979. In 1970, he joined the

Romanian Communist Party The Romanian Communist Party ( ; PCR) was a communist party in Romania. The successor to the pro-Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave an ideological endorsement to a communist revolution that would replace the social system ...

(PCR). In 1973, he joined the law faculty at the University of Bucharest, advancing in rank to full professor by 1993. Additionally, Iorgovan was also a member of the Romanian Senate in the period 1990–1992 as an

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and in 2000–2007 as a member of the

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(PSD). Between 1992 and 1996, he was also a judge on the

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. He died at a clinic in

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, Austria of a

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caused by terminal

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on 4 October 2007, at the age of 59. He was subsequently buried with military honors at

Bellu Cemetery Șerban Vodă Cemetery (commonly known as Bellu Cemetery) is the largest and most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania. It is located on a plot of land donated to the local administration by Baron Barbu Bellu. It has been in use since 1858. T ...

in Bucharest.

Legislative elections

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Antonie Iorgovan's page at the Senate of Romania
* 1948 births 2007 deaths People from Caraș-Severin County Romanian jurists University of Bucharest alumni Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Romanian Communist Party politicians Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians Members of the Senate of Romania Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Austria Burials at Bellu Cemetery Constitutional Court of Romania judges {{Romania-politician-stub