Judge Alin Petrea was appointed advisor to the General Prosecutor after returning to the judiciary
Judge Alin Petrea returned to the magistracy after resigning in March and was appointed as advisor to the General Prosecutor of Romania. He had been released from the position of judge by a decree signed by President Nicușor Dan in April, after announcing his resignation in March.
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Petrea, former president of the Civil Section of the Giurgiu Tribunal, had announced his resignation in the context of the debates on magistrates' pensions and the tensions generated by the reforms discussed at the political level.
At the time, he declared that the judicial system had been turned into a “scapegoat” for Romania's economic problems.
“In this political game, of electoral capitalization, it went a little too far (…) a scapegoat was found. And that was too often justice. You find yourself to blame for the economic difficulty Romania is in. Well, forgive me: why me?”stated Alin Petrea in an interview given to Lumea Justitiei publication.
The decree regarding his release from the position of judge was signed by President Nicușor Dan on April 16, 2026. Later, Petrea worked for a period in law, through his own office.
Who is Alin Petrea?
Alin Petrea graduated from the University's Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences “Wallachia” from Târgoviște, class of 2016, as head of class. In the same year, he passed both the entrance exam to the National Institute of Magistracy and the Bar entrance exam, each time obtaining the sixth average at the national level. Later, he graduated from the National Institute of Magistracy, class of 2018, also as head of class.
His academic career continued with a master's degree in “Judicial Career” at the Faculty of Law of the University “Nicolae Titulescu”and in 2023 he obtained his doctorate in the field of human rights at the University of Craiova. His thesis, entitled “The presumption of innocence as a fundamental right”, was coordinated by Professor Sebastian Rădulețu, the Romanian judge at the European Court of Human Rights, and later published by Universul Juridic Publishing House.
Professionally, Alin Petrea started his career as a judicial auditor at the National Institute of Magistracy, later becoming a judge at the Bucharest District Court 1. He then held the position of president of the Bolintin Vale Court, a position he assumed at only 29 years old, and later headed the Giurgiu Court and the Civil Section of the Giurgiu Court. Since April 2026, he is the owner of his own law firm.
In parallel with his activity as a magistracy and lawyer, he also had a university career, teaching civil law and civil procedural law subjects at the University “Wallachia” from Târgoviște, as well as criminal law at the University of Craiova.
