Nicolae Robu

{{short description|Romanian politician and engineer}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Nicolae Robu

|image = File:Nicolae Robu.jpg

|office = Mayor of Timișoara

|term_start = 10 July 2012

|term_end = 27 October 2020

|predecessor = Gheorghe Ciuhandu

|successor = Dominic Fritz

|office1 = Senator in Romanian Parliament

|term_start1 = 19 December 2008

|term_end1 = 22 June 2012

|office2 = Former President of PNL Timiș

|term_start2 = March 2010

|term_end2 = September 2020

|office3 = Former rector of Politechnic Institute of Timișoara

|term_start3 = 2004

|term_end3 = 2012

|office4 = Vice-president of National Council of Rectors

|term_start4 = 2008

|office5 = Member of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

|office6 = Member of PNL National Executive Council

|office7 = Member of PNL Central Political Bureau

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|5|28|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bocsig, Arad County, Romania

|spouse = Florica Robu

|children = 2

|party = National Liberal Party (PNL)

}}

Nicolae Robu (born May 28, 1955) is a Romanian politician, engineer, and computer science professor.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

He was mayor of Timișoara from 2012 until 2020 and the former president of PNL Timiș. He served as rector of the Politehnica University of Timișoara from 2004 to 2012 and prorector from 1990 to 2000. He also sat in the Senate for Timiș County from 2008 to 2012. He is a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL).

Born in Bocsig, Arad County,{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.upt.ro/robu/index.php Prof.dr.ing. Nicolae Robu] at the Politehnica University of Timișoara site; accessed February 18, 2014 he attended the Politehnica University of Timișoara from 1975 to 1980, earning a doctorate from the same institution in 1995, in the field of automatic control systems. He worked as an engineer in Timișoara from 1980 to 1985 before becoming a scientific researcher with the Institute for Automatic Research in the city. In 1986, he began teaching at his alma mater, becoming a university professor in 1997. He was assistant rector of the university from 1990 to 2004, serving as rector from 2004 to 2012.{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.primariatm.ro/ik/index.php?meniuId=1&viewCat=2&viewItem=4032§iune=primaria Primar Nicolae Robu] at the Timișoara City Hall site; accessed February 18, 2014

In 2008, he was elected to the Romanian Senate for Timiș County; he sat on the education committee. He resigned his seat in June 2012.{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=112&leg=2008&cam=1 2008-2012 profile] at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site; accessed February 18, 2014 That month, at the local election, he won the race to be mayor of Timișoara while running on the lists of the Social Liberal Union. He took 49.8% of the vote, with his nearest rival winning 23.4%.{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.alegeri.tv/alegeri-locale-2012/timisoara Alegeri Locale 2012 Timișoara], alleger.tv; February 18, 2014 Within his party, he has headed the president of the Timiș County chapter since 2009, and has sat on the central political bureau since 2011.

Robu is married and has two children, Andreea Robu and Raul Robu.