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Romanian politician (born 1960)
Rovana Plumb
(born 22 June 1960) is a Romanian politician of the
Social Democratic Party
(PSD). She was appointed Minister of Environment and Forests (now Minister of Environment and Climate Change) on 7 May 2012.
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From 5 March 2014 to 9 November 2015, she was the Minister of Labor, Family, Social Protection and Elderly in the Government of Romania.
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In March 2015, Rovana Plumb was elected President of the National Council of PSD.
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Early life and education
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Plumb attended the
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
(ASE).
Political career
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Plumb served as a member of the
Parliament of Romania
from 2004 to 2007 and the
European Parliament
from 2009 to 2012.
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In that capacity, she was a member of the
Committee on Budgets
(2007) and the
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
(2007?2012).
Following the
2019 European elections
, Plumb rejoined the
European Parliament
and was elected vice-chair of the
S&D Group
, under the leadership of chairwoman
Iratxe Garcia
.
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She also joined the
Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
.
Controversy
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Plumb was named in a corruption case in 2017, in which she was accused of aiding the leader of her Social Democratic Party (PSD) in an illicit real estate deal involving ownership of an island in the
Danube River
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References
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External links
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Media related to
Rovana Plumb
at Wikimedia Commons
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Frontul Democrat al Salv?rii Na?ionale
(Democratic National Salvation Front)
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Partidul Democra?iei Sociale in Romania
(Party of Social Democracy in Romania)
1993?2001
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(Social Democratic Party)
since 2001
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