[1] Born in Buzău, he later moved with his family to the town of Țăndărei, in Ialomița County.

[3] He taught at the Țăndărei high school from 1978 to 1996, after which he served as the town's mayor until 2000.

After serving in the Chamber of Deputies from 2001 to 2004, he was from 2004 to February 2015 president of the Ialomița County council.

On February 10, 2015, he was arrested by the National Anticorruption Directorate on corruption charges.

[2] Ciupercă died on 31 July 2022, at the age of 73, while on vacation with relatives in Vâlcea County;[2][4] he was buried at the Țăndărei Cemetery.