Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective Volume 6 Number 2 New Perspectives on Contemporary Article 7 Romanian Society April 2012 Religion and Politics in Romania: From Public Affairs to Church-State Relations Lavinia Stan St. Francis Xavier University,
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[email protected]. Stan & Turcescu 97 Journal of Global Initiatives Volume 6, Number 2, 2011, pp.97-110 Religion and Politics in Romania: From Public Affairs to Church-State Relations Lavinia Stan and Lucian Turcescu Introduction In November 2010, Romanian legislator Liviu Campanu, representing the governing coalition, proposed Daniel Ciobotea as Prime Minister of a cabinet of "national union." The suggestion was surprising because Ciobotea is leader of the Orthodox Church, ac counting for 86.8% of the country's population (International Religious Freedom Report, 2009).