Florin Filipoiu

Florin Mihail Filipoiu (born 15 January 1958) is a Romanian physician and academic, known for his role in the Romanian Revolution.

Early life and career Filipoiu was born on 15 January 1958. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the Carol Davila University in 1984, specializing in radiology.

Filipoiu received his doctorate in 2000 and, since 2013, he is a full professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Carol Davila University, as well as the head of the Anatomy Department of the Faculty. He is also the prodean of the Faculty.

On 22 December, after the revolutionaries took control of TVR, Filipoiu gave a speech in which he called for, among other things, the abolition of the cult of personality, the release of political prisoners, free elections and free press.

In an interview for Adevarul in 2010, Filipoiu said that Ion Iliescu and the National Salvation Front "confiscated" the revolution to take power. He was acquitted in August the same year. While Filipoiu was investigated, journalist Dorin Chioțea, who is a physician by training and who was also Filipoiu's student, published an article defending Filipoiu.