A businessman in the marble and granite industry, Videanu was elected mayor in early April 2005, gathering 53.01% of the Bucharest electorate's vote, but the turnout was the lowest since 1989, with only 24.83% of the voters turning up.

[8] In the spring of 1990, the National Salvation Front (NSF) has been prepared for parliamentary elections and looked for the young people with a university background and local notoriety.

Cazimir Ionescu, the vice-president of NSF and of the Provisional Council of National Union (PCNU), responsible for Teleorman county, has address the related request to Adriean Videanu, known and appreciated locally especially for his football activity.

[3] During 1991, there were divergences within NSF between the wing that supports the acceleration of economic reforms, grouped around Prime Minister Petre Roman, and the one that militates for the extension of the state sector's presence in the economy, whose unofficial leader was President Ion Iliescu.

At the National Convention of the DP of February 2000, the same leadership was maintained around Petre Roman, categorized as a "club of barons", strongly used in polls due to his participation in the government.

Following this change, Adriean Videanu was elected the first vice-president of DP-L together with Theodor Stolojan, a position he held by May 2011, when he decided not to run and retired from the party leadership.

He became a member of the Committee on Budget, Finance and Banking of the Chamber of Deputies, where he collaborated with specialists such as Florin Georgescu or Florian Bercea, specializing in the field of macroeconomic and budgetary strategy.

As the vice-president of this commission, Adriean Videanu supported the tax relaxation and the increase of the added value in the export of Romanian products as well as the identification and encouragement of those sectors where Romania has real advantages.

At the local elections of June 2000, Adriean Videanu was one of the main organizers together with Liviu Negoiță and Vasile Blaga of Traian Băsescu's victorious campaign for the General City Hall of the Capital.

[14] During this period, Adriean Videanu was considered by the press as one of the main supporters of Traian Băsescu, a prominent member of the "young guard" promoted by the new president.

[17] During the campaign in 2004 for the general elections, Traian Băsescu publicly appreciated his success as an industrialist and businessman, and his experience in the real economy and international markets, which was interpreted by some media as a sign that Adriean Videanu would be at the DP's proposal a prime minister in case of victory.

According to some press sources, new tensions between the two has appeared starting with 2005, determined by certain changes that Adriean Videanu wanted to make at the Capital City Hall as well as by the internal competition for the DP leadership following Traian Băsescu's departure to Cotroceni.

According to the press, these tensions would have decreased in intensity with the attempt to suspend the president from office in 2007, when the DP leaders supported Traian Băsescu referendum campaign.

[21][22] In his opinion, the priority was to increase the competitiveness of the Romanian economic environment in order to be able to meet the requirements of the European market, in the context of Romania's integration into the EU.

[21] In January 2005, Adriean Videanu proposed the generalization of the obligation to declare wealth, limited only to civil servants and public officials, in order to combat tax evasion and the accumulation of illicit assets.

Among the latest government decisions whose approvals are obtained are the establishment of the location for the People's Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest as well as the granting of funds for the construction of a high-capacity football stadium for the national team.

[28] Two years later, Adriean Videanu was among the associates of the SECON company from Roșiorii de Vede, established based on a loan approved by the French bank BNP Paribas.

[30] In 1994, Adriean Videanu and his wife established the company SC Titan Mar Bucharest, which deals with the processing and distribution of natural ornamental stones, including marble.

The economic model on which it is based involves the purchase of raw materials from manufacturing companies - at that time still owned by the state - to be then processed in-house and sold on the market.

The company involved in the construction of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's residence, the BBC headquarters in Mannheim and the villa of Michael Schumacher in Monte Carlo, among others.

The economic crisis has also affected Marmosim-Titan Mar, especially since 2009, but export sales have withstood quite well in terms of diversification into less at-risk areas: Persian Gulf, Japan, Central Asia.

The last public statement of this kind, that of Minister of Economy in December 2009, includes, among others, the shares held by the Videanu spouses in various companies, first of all Titan Mar, the real estate patrimony as well as the dividends obtained.

Adriean Videanu claims that he was personally subjected to some form of blackmail from certain media trusts and that the negative image they created is primarily due to his refusal to pay in order not to be attacked.

[54] In 2008, a report of the Court of Accounts regarding the General City Hall of the Capital was published, which has revealed a series of possible irregularities, among others the price paid for a dog shelter located in Mihăilești commune.

[58] According to some press sources, the controversy between the two would have had as a starting point the termination in the spring of 2009 of the contract of the company Șova și Asociații, close to Victor Ponta, with the Turceni Energy Complex.

[63] Between June and July 2012, Victor Ponta launched various accusations of fraud against Adriean Videanu regarding Hidroelectrica, stating several times that the investigation bodies were notified and that "he is convinced that they will do their duty".

[72] In a public speech on September 12, 2012, Prime Minister Victor Ponta again accused Adriean Videanu of "serious irregularities" in financial management during his term as Mayor General of Bucharest.

[74] A new accusation was launched on September 24, within the privatization of the Oltchim plant, where Adriean Videanu and a part of the press denounced the lack of professionalism of the government led by Victor Ponta.

[75] Adriean Videanu, in turn, vehemently rejected these accusations, denying any agreement with Dan Diaconescu and calling Victor Ponta a "national mythomaniac" and "Bulă".

[77] At the same time, Adriean Videanu declared that Victor Ponta is guilty of closing Oltchim and threatens to file a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office for attempting to undermine the national economy due to the poor management of the plant privatization by the Government.