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Romanian politician
Ioan Rus
(born 21 February 1955) is a
Romanian
politician.
Biography
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Born in
Uri?or
,
Cluj County
, he is a 1982 graduate of the Mechanics faculty of the
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
. A member of the
Social Democratic Party
(PSD) since 1994, he was
prefect
of his home county in 1995, president of its county council from June to December 2000,
Interior Minister
from December 2000 to June 2003,
[1]
and again from May to August 2012, when he resigned in the aftermath of the
presidential impeachment referendum
.
[2]
In June 2014, following the resignation of
Dan ?ova
, he was named
Transport Minister
.
[3]
In June 2015, he created a controversy when commenting about Romanians working in Western Europe. He asserted that on a hypothetical monthly salary of
€
1500, "their children become hoodlums at home and their wives turn into whores". Rus subsequently tendered his resignation.
[4]
Notes
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- ^
(in Romanian)
Curriculum vitae
at politicaromaneasca.ro
- ^
(in Romanian)
"Ioan Rus ?i Victor Paul Dobre au demisionat"
, Mediafax, August 6, 2012
- ^
(in Romanian)
Remus Florescu,
"Cine este Ioan Rus, viitorul ministru al Transporturilor"
, Adev?rul, June 24, 2014
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(in Romanian)
"Ioan Rus ?i-a dat demisia din func?ia de ministru al Transporturilor"
, Mediafax, June 11, 2015