On his arrival, the Patriarch and the President of Romania, Emil Constantinescu, greeted the Pope.
Valentin Marian Ionescu (born September 3, 1961, Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian lawyer, former presidential advisor to the President of Romania Emil Constantinescu (between September 5, 1997 and December 12, 1997) and subsequently Minister of Privatization (December 1997 - April 14, 1998).
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In 1996, Emil Constantinescu, the then rector of the University of Bucharest, was elected President of Romania, after defeating Ion Iliescu in national presidential elections.