Cristian Preda (born October 26, 1966) is a Romanian political science professor, and author of several books in this field. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament, representing Romania.

Cristian Preda was born in Bucharest, Romania. He graduated as a valedictorian the Philosophy Faculty at Bucharest University in 1991. In the same year, he obtained his D.E.A. (advanced studies diploma) in History of Philosophy at University Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne, with notation "very good".

He continued his graduate studies with master, doctoral and postdoctoral studies funded by French Government, Erasmus Programme, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and New Europe College. In 1998 he obtained the title of Doctor in Political Science from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris with "summa cum laude, with the felicitations of the jury in unanimity". From 1992, he teaches at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest. In present, he is a full tenure professor and dean on the Faculty. From 2005, he is also a doctoral supervisor in Political Sciences.

Preda is locality within the municipality of Bergün, district of Albula, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland.

Rhaetian Railway operates services to Preda (Rhaetian Railway station).

Coordinates: 46°35′18″N 9°46′38″E / 46.58833°N 9.77722°E / 46.58833; 9.77722

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Ciprian Porumbescu (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡ʃipriˈan porumˈbesku]; born Ciprian Golembiovski on October 14, 1853 – June 6, 1883) was a Romanian composer born in Şipotele Sucevei in Bukovina (now Shepit, Putyla Raion, Ukraine). He was among the most celebrated Romanian composers of his time; his popular works include Crai nou, Trei culori, Song for the 1st of May, Ballad for violin and piano, and Serenada. In addition, he composed the music for Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire, which was used for Albania's national anthem, Hymni i Flamurit. His work spreads over various forms and musical genres, but the majority of his work is choral and operetta.

Ciprian Porumbescu was born into the family of Iraclie Porumbescu, an ethnic Romanian writer and Orthodox priest of possible Polish origins. The name Porumbescu was changed from Golembiovski in 1881 when Ciprian was at school in Suceava. He studied music in Suceava and Cernăuţi, then continued at the Konservatorium für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna from 1879 to 1881 under Anton Bruckner and Franz Krenn. His artistic career as a composer, conductor, violinist, and pianist started in Cernăuţi, and continued in Vienna, and later in Braşov where he taught vocal music at Romanian schools.

Ion Iliescu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon iliˈesku]; born March 3, 1930) served as President of Romania from 1990 until 1996, and from 2000 until 2004. From 1996 to 2000 and from 2004 until his retirement in 2008, Iliescu was a Senator for the Social Democratic Party (PSD), whose honorary president he remains.

He joined the Communist Party in 1953 and became a member of its Central Committee in 1965, however beginning with 1971 he was gradually marginalized by Nicolae Ceauşescu. He had a leading role in the Revolution of 1989, being elected as Romania's first post-communist president in 1990. After a new Constitution was approved by popular referendum, he served a further two terms as president, 1992 to 1996, and 2000 to 2004, separated by the presidency of Emil Constantinescu.

Iliescu is widely recognized as a predominant figure in the first fifteen years of post-1989 Romanian Revolution politics. During his terms Romanian politics stabilized, and Romania joined NATO.

Iliescu's father, Alexandru Iliescu, was a railroad worker with Communist views during the period in which the Romanian Communist Party was banned by the authorities. In 1931, he went to the Soviet Union to take part in the Communist Party Congress of Gorikovo, near Moscow. He remained in the USSR for the next four years and was arrested upon his return. He was imprisoned from June 1940 to August 1944 and died in August 1945. During his time in the Soviet Union, Alexandru Iliescu divorced and married Mariţa, a chambermaid.