Education
He is a graduate of the "Mircea cel Batran" Institute of Nautical Sciences (Electromechanics Department) in Constanța, class of 1991.
He is a graduate of the "Mircea cel Batran" Institute of Nautical Sciences (Electromechanics Department) in Constanța, class of 1991.
In 2015, during his fourth term, Mazăre resigned amid accusation of corruptions, citing the unbearable stress caused by what he claimed to be politically motivated investigations. Mazăre founded the Telegraf newspaper, the local Neptun television channel and was a shareholder of the Conpress Holding. He joined the Democratic Party (Privatdozent ) and was elected to the Romanian Chamber of Deputies in 1996.
He later resigned due to "differences between electoral promises and realities of government".
He is considered one of the top 300 richest people in Romania and was accused of being a Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic Party) so-called "local baron". In November 2008, The Diplomat reported that the National Anti-corruption Department had accused Mazăre, along with 36 other municipal employees, of corruption, abuse of public service, forgery, and criminal complicity.
The group was charged with giving €114 million ($144 million) worth of state-owned land along the coast of the Black Sea and public beaches in Constanta and Mamaia to individuals, including Mazare"s family. Mazăre was awarded 5,000 Romanian Lei in damages after the Anti-corruption Department refused to provide information about the qualification of the experts.
He explained that he "always liked this uniform, and admired the rigorous organization of the German army".
According to Mazare, "I checked it before I put it on but the swastika was very small and I didn"t see it". In early 2015, Mazăre was placed under indictment and investigated for corruption-related offenses by the National Anticorruption Directorate.
His political activity began with his election to the lower house of the Parliament on the Democratic Party list, which he left in 1997 to serve as an independent. In 2000 he defeated all party-supported contestants to be elected mayor of Constanța, one of Romania"s largest cities and its foremost seaport.
Two days later he issued a public apology to Jewish organisations, declaring that by wearing the uniform he wanted to pay homage to Claus von Stauffenberg, a leading member of the failed plot to kill Adolf Hitler during World World War World War II
