Claudiu Crăciun

Claudiu Crăciun (born November 2, 1978) is a Romanian academic, environmental and civic activist. A lecturer at the National School of Political Science and Public Administration, Crăciun has been active in the Romanian civil society, being involved in both the 2012 Romanian protests and the 2013 Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project and the protests against illegal logging in 2015. He led a campaign to run as a candidate at the 2019 Romanian presidential election, which collected 13 thousand signatures but failed to meet the threshold required by Romanian electoral law.[1]

Activism and protests

In January 2012, Crăciun was one of the people involved in the 2012 Romanian protests. When Remus Cernea began his collaboration with the Social-Democrats by participating to a demonstration organized by them, Crăciun resigned from the party, accusing Cernea of "the immorality of pretending to represent the protesters" and claiming that he was trying the politicization of the protests.[2] Crăciun argued that he wanted to "reinvent the citizen" before "reinventing the politician".[2]

2013 protests against the Roșia Montană Project
See also: 2013 Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project

Crăciun was involved during the months-long 2013 protests as well, his level of involvement making the press to claim he was one of the "informal leaders" of the movement.[3]

In 2014 Craciun was one the civic activists asking for a complete reform of the electoral system in Romania. In 2015 he was also active in the protests against illegal logging in Romania.

References
  1. Costea, Alexandru (22 September 2019). "Claudiu Crăciun, candidatul Demos la prezidenţiale: Nu am atins pragul. Am strâns doar 13.000 de semnături". Mediafax. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  2. Cristian Şt. Vasilcoiu (January 26, 2012). "POLITIZAREA PROTESTELOR. Remus Cernea, renegat de Verzii lui Claudiu Crăciun". Evenimentul Zilei. Retrieved November 4, 2013.
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/sep/17/romanians-mobilise-gold-mine
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