Ovidiu Raețchi

Also, Ovidiu Raețchi was elected Vice President of the Committee for Defence, Public Order and National Security of the Chamber of Deputies. In July 2017, the Executive Political Bureau of the National Liberal Party (PNL) appointed him as chairman of the party's National Defence and Security Committee, a structure that coordinates PNL's national defence and security policies and develops the governing program on this field of the main opposition party from Romania.

In the local elections held in June 2016, Ovidiu Raeţchi obtained 26.30% (19,232 votes), ranking No. 2, after the Social Democrat candidate - Daniel Florea and in front of the former mayor Marian Vanghelie. Ovidiu Raeţchi's percentage was the best score of a Liberal candidate obtained in the local elections in Bucharest in 2016.

On 18 July 2016, he became Vice President of PNL Bucharest, after the meeting of the Political Bureau of the National Liberal Party.

In November 2016, Ovidiu Raeţchi initiated the "Liberal School" project, an initiative which involved organizing seminars and workshops with teachers, experts, political leaders and civil society. The topics addressed in these debates and seminars were "Political philosophy", "Conservatism", "Libertarianism", "Feminism", "Political Communication", "Management of the election campaign" and "History of Romanian liberalism". Party leaders like Ionut Stroe, Radu Carp, members of civil society and journalists like Ovidiu Neacșu were among the "teachers" who gave lectures and seminars. Also, Ovidiu Raeţchi released the "Liberal", an ideological publication of the National Liberal Party.

Since September 4, 2016, Ovidiu Raeţchi is married to Laura Diana Raeţchi (Sitea, before marriage), the United Nations expert on Middle East and the only Romanian who was part of the negotiating team with Syria. Born in Brașov, Laura graduated from the American University in Bulgaria with a Soros scholarship and also graduated from a masters program at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts. From 2006, she is the UN analyst for Sudan and Syria.

In June 2015, Raețchi announced that he will run for mayor of Sector 5: "You never refuse a manly, heavy battle with The Social Democratic Party (PSD). You go in the ring and send your opponent to go take a walk. The new system of the parliamentary elections - based on a list system - almost cancels the charm of an open fight in two. That's why you don't refuse a mayor race if you like confrontation".

As a member of the Defence Committee he pleaded for increasing the Army's budget so that it meets NATO criteria. On April 25, 2014 he asked the National Defence Minister Mircea Dușa to increase the budget for the modernization of the Romanian Army.

He insisted on numerous occasions for a national debate on the monarchy. On April 5, 2014 he sent a letter to the Presidents of both Houses of Parliament on the need to open a debate on a hypotheses of monarchy in Romania.

In 2012, Ovidiu Raeţchi was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies in Diaspora Constituency representing the Middle East and Africa. In the 2012 elections he obtained 52%, mainly votes from the Romanian soldiers in Afghanistan], the Romanians from Israel and some Arab countries (Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco).

In the 2012–2016 legislature he was a member of the following standing committees:

Ovidiu Alexandru Raețchi (born 15 September 1979) is a Romanian politician. In December 2016, he was elected member of the Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest constituency. He is a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL).