George Simion

rdf:langString George Simion

rdf:langString George Simion

rdf:langString George Simion

rdf:langString George Simion announcing his candidacy to the 2019 European Parliament election in Romania

rdf:langString Civic activist, politician

rdf:langString Member of the Chamber of Deputies

rdf:langString President of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians

rdf:langString Alliance for the Union of Romanians

rdf:langString Economist, historian

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rdf:langString Ilinca Munteanu

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rdf:langString George Nicolae Simion (born 21 September 1986 in Focșani, Romania) is a Romanian right-wing to far-right politician and civic activist. He is the president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), a political party in Romania that gained popularity after its unexpected high result in the 2020 Romanian legislative election. Simion studied at some of the most prestigious national educational institutions in Romania such as the Gheorghe Lazăr National College, the University of Bucharest, and the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, getting in the latter a master's degree in history. After this, he began to be a civic activist in favor of the unification of Moldova and Romania. Simion has created notable organizations and events, such as Action 2012, the Alliance for the Centenary and the Centenary March, and has participated in several protests and demonstrations supporting Moldovans and their rights. These acts have led to prohibitions to him from entering Moldova on several times, one of which is still in effect today. In 2019, Simion began to participate in politics by running as an independent candidate for the 2019 European Parliament election in Romania, obtaining 117,141 votes. After this, the party Alliance for the Union of Romanians, whose goal is the unification of the Romanian ethnicity and of which Simion is president, was founded on 19 September 2019. However, it has been accused of having a far-right ideology. The AUR became notable after its unexpectedly high score in the 2020 Romanian legislative election. Simion has also been part of several controversies such as the accessing of two former military officers that had allegedly repressed the revolutionaries at the 1989 Romanian Revolution into the Romanian Parliament with the help of the AUR or his participation at the .