Dobra was appointed with 99.99% of votes and he will have a four-year mandate, until November 2015, according to an Alro news release.

The company is 88% owned by Dutch-registered group Vimetco, which is owned by Russian businessman Vitaliy Machitski. Investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) holds a 10.21% stake.

Alro has a market value of 2.59 billion lei (EUR596.5 million). (EUR1=RON4.3435)