In addition, he was the official presidential candidate of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD) in the 1990 Romanian presidential election in which he subsequently finished third, behind the neo-communist Ion Iliescu of the National Salvation Front (FSN) and Radu Câmpeanu of the National Liberal Party (PNL), with only 617,007 votes (or 4.29%).
Furthermore, he was the candidate for the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD) in the 1990 Romanian presidential election, where he placed third behind Ion Iliescu of the National Salvation Front (FSN) and Radu Câmpeanu of the National Liberal Party (PNL), garnering only 617,007 votes (or 4.29%).