John Ion Banu Muscel is one of the less well -known candidates. The Romanian who lived for many years in the US has tried his luck in a presidential race, but finished the last place.
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John Banu Muscel lived in the United States of America in the 1980s, but claims that the political situation in Romania always worried. He recently stated, in an interview, that a modification of the Constitution is necessary, that he would introduce the death penalty in Romania for corruption and crime and to support the granting of Romanians to carry weapons to defend themselves.
“The political structure of Romania, seized by a party/alliance, which configures the government and numerically dominates the legislative power, the Parliament, will lead to the elimination of political pluralism, the basis of a democratic society”, Claims the candidate in a presentation on his page.
Training
John Banu is the founder of the Romanian-American League of Florida. Mechanical engineer, currently entrepreneur. He lived in Florida, but came to Romania to participate in Repatriot, the project of repatriation through entrepreneurship, created by the Government of Romania to encourage the diaspora to return and invest at home.
“I was 32 years old when I managed to leave Romania legally in 1985, due to a work supported with the communist government. The Americans helped me, which is right, that’s why I love Reagan. I did not go” to my Baptist brothers “, I did not run swimming left behind. Entrepreneur, I have for 25 years a company for oceanographic research, Ocean Team Equipment.explains John Ion Banu in 2016.
Political career
In 2017, John Banu founded the Romanian Nation Party, whose motto was “trust, unity, prosperity”. The formation had started on the road with 130 members and 1,000 supporters and militants.
He stated in 2018 that his party is based on the quality of its members, not quantity. The entrepreneur also applied for the 2019 presidential election, and in 2024 he had announced his intention to re -enter the race, but withdrew.
What wealth does it have
The agonized wealth is the chapter on which the Romanian-American businessman John-Ion Banu-Muscel comes out. His declaration of wealth shows that he has several villas and apartments in both Romania and in the United States. 74 hectares of land appear here, but also a farm in America, on an area of 135 hectares.
It owns an apartment in Bucharest (80 sqm) and one in Florida – USA (110 sqm), a house of 380 square meters in the city of McCormick from the American state of South Carolina and another 410 sqm house in Florida, to which are added four lands: 15 hectares Intavilan – Giurgiu county, 9 hectares in Argeş county, in ARGRIU. hectare in urban in Argeş.
He owns three cars, a BMW, a Porsche and a Deer. The list of goods is also a painting evaluated at $ 30,000 and a collection of bronze statues and objects evaluated at $ 25,000.
In the accounts it has about $ 400,000 and 300,000 lei, but also financial assets in the US $ 248,000, after last year had a salary of $ 75,000 as a manager at Ocean Test and $ 180,000 as a doctor. In addition, he has an annual US pension of $ 21,000 and has received $ 48,000 from the farm he has in the city of McCormick.
Chances in the presidential race
John Ion Banu Muscel is one of the candidates who do not appear with chances in the polls published so far. At the 2019 presidential elections he obtained 0.3%, ie 27,769 votes, with which he ranked the last place.
