Bogdan Olteanu

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Bogdan Olteanu
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office  March 20, 2006
Preceded by	Adrian Năstase
Born	29 October 1971 Bucharest, Romania
Constituency	no. 42 (Bucharest); (Chamber of Deputies)
Political party	National Liberal Party
Profession	lawyer

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Bogdan Olteanu (born 29 October 1971) is a Romanian politician and lawyer, currently the president of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Romanian Parliament.

Olteanu has been a member of the National Liberal Party since 1991, and held various positions in that party. He was elected as deputy for Bucharest in the 2004 elections. In 2005 he was appointed Delegate Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in the Government of Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu.

After Adrian Năstase stepped down from the presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, Olteanu was announced by the governing Justice and Truth alliance as their preferred candidate for the post. On 20 March 2006 he received a majority of 196 votes out of 306.

He and his wife Cristina have two children, Thea (b. 2004) and Alexandru (b. 2006).