Gigi Becali

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. George Becali is a controversial Romanian politician and businessman, mostly known for his involvement in the Steaua Bucureşti football club. He has been a Member of the European Parliament since June 2009. He was born in an Aromanian family in Zagna, Vădeni, Brăila County, as his family had been deported to the Bărăgan by the Communist authorities because of their associations with the pre-WWII fascist Iron Guard. During childhood and adolescence, Becali was a supporter of Dinamo Bucharest. His cousins Victor Becali and Ioan Becali are football agents involved in Romanian football mainly for Dinamo Bucharest. In 1994, he married Luminiţa, 11 years his junior; the couple have three daughters: Teodora, Alexandra and Cristina. After the 2005 floods, he used $4 million of his personal money to fund the reconstruction of about 200 houses in the Vulturu village that was destroyed by the overflow of the Siret river