How Nicușor Dan and George Simion became famous. The “little Einsteini of the Balkans” versus “New Golani”
Nicușor Dan and George Simion became known by completely different ways. The independent candidate noted in the 1980s as an international Olympic in mathematics, and a decade later, the sovereign candidate drew attention through the actions of the Association “New Golan”.
Nicușor Dan and George Simion, the first media appearances. Source Flacăra 1987, New Golani 2006
The two finalists of the presidential elections in Romania have appeared on the public stage in different ways. Nicușor Dan has been noted since high school, as an international Olympic in mathematics, while George Simion became known by the protest actions of the Unionist movements in the mid -2000s.
The team of the little Einsteini
Born in 1969, in the city of Făgăraș (Brașov county), Nicușor Dan was one of the most award -winning students of the “Radu Negru” High School in the locality.
The educational institution was proud, at that time, with a promotion rate of one hundred percent and with a percentage of over 90% of admission to higher education for students from the math-physical classes-the percentage being lower in the case of the other profiles.
“It should be noted that the student Dan Nicușor, from the 11th grade, framed in the country's mathematics group, together with his other five teammates, was distinguished with the first prize at the Athens Mathematics Balcania and the first prize at the Havana Mathematics World Cup”, The representatives of the high school, in the Transylvania publication, since 1987 showed.
In 1987 and 1988, Nicușor Dan's performance drew the attention of the national press. The Lot of Olympics in Mathematics, of which the teenager was part of the high school, won gold medals both at the International Mathematics Olympiad in Havana (Cuba), in 1987, as well as the following year, organized in Canberra, in Australia. Each time, Nicușor Dan obtained the maximum score, and the Romanian team managed to detach over 40 participating national teams.
Nicușor Dan, in the center. Source: Flacăra, 1987
One of the first stories in the national press about Nicușor Dan appeared in 1987, after the return of the national lot from the Mathematics Balkan. Flacăra magazine then took the title “Romanian record at the Olympiad of the Little Einsteini”, published by the Greek newspaper, which praised the performances of the Romanian students.
“The little Einsteini of the Balkans (Romanians, mostly), broke all the records at the Mathematics Olympics that took place in Athens. The students in Bucharest, Timișoara and Cluj obtained the highest scores, leaving behind the other delegations,” Etnos wrote.
In an interview subsequently given to the newspaper Argeș, Nicușor Dan, a student in the 11th grade at that time, stated that he owes his passion for mathematics to his teacher in the gymnasium.
But then add that he has a defect. “I am influential. As a proof, I do not like interviews and I have reached the fourth or fifth of my life,” he said, in his adolescence.
After Cuba, medal with gold and in Australia
In the summer of 1988, the team of the Olympic students registered a new international success, ranking second at the International Mathematics Olympiad, held between July 6 and 23, in Australia.
Nicușor Dan and the Olympic team, after returning from Australia. 1988. Spark of Youth
“The Canberra edition has registered the largest participation so far: 49 countries have sent 268 students in the competition, and another 8 had observers. The awards ceremony was sponsored by the Prime Minister of Australia, who handed the gold medals”, declares the lecturer Univ. dr. Mircea Becheanu, in the youth.
Nicușor Dan Daniel, a student in the 12th grade at the “Radu Negru” Industrial High School in Făgăraș, and Adrian Vasiu, a student in the 12th grade at the Mathematics-Physics High School in Cluj-Napoca, were the Romanian students who obtained the 1st and gold medal, with maximum score, informed the publication.
“The difficulty increased. Six problems were given, three a day, each with a four-hour resolution time, noted with a maximum of seven points. Vasiu Adrian and Dan Nicușor Daniel obtained the perfect score of 42 points. The problems were balanced, varied and consensus with the programs from all the participating countries,” the coordinating professor said.
George Simion, leader of the “New Golani” Group
George Simion was born in 1986, in Focșani, and graduated, in 2005, the National College “Gheorghe Lazăr” in Bucharest. According to his biography, since 2004, before finishing high school, he began to get involved in civic activities.
“I learned at one of the best high schools in Bucharest, Gheorghe Lazăr. From then until now, we have contributed to the promotion of several messages in the public space – for the heroes of the Revolution: the heroes never die / respect '89, for the national reunion – Bessarabia is Romania, to save some important areas, as for Rosia Montană, for the Romanian The promotion of the rights of Romanians from Harghita, Covasna and Mureș counties. stated this in his book “As I met Klaus Iohannis, Dan Barna, Traian Basescu and Ion Iliescu.”
One of the first photos from the protest actions of the new Golan Group. 2006. Source: ng
In 2006, Simion came to the press's attention with the establishment of the “New Golani” Association, involved in unionist theme actions. One of his first public appearances was on the occasion of the National Day of Romania, in Alba Iulia, on December 1, 2006.
“Politicians deposit wreaths, accompanied by the rhymed scandals of the new Golan Group:” Romania's Day is our day / Do not ruin it with your politics “and” December 1, the National Day / is not an election campaign. ” It protests against the seizure of this day by the politicians and divide a butterfly that writes: Bessarabia, Romanian land ”reported the National Journal, in December 2006.
Since then, the public actions of the group led by George Simion have become more frequent, and with each event, some of them controversial, its notoriety has increased.
