Rovana Plumb

Rovana Plumb
Minister of European Funds
In office 29 January 2018 – 24 April 2019
Prime Minister	Viorica Dăncilă
Preceded by	Marius Nica
Succeeded by	Roxana Mînzatu
President of the Social Democratic Party Acting
In office 24 June 2015 – 22 July 2015
Preceded by	Victor Ponta
Succeeded by	Liviu Dragnea
Minister of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elders
In office 5 March 2014 – 9 November 2015
Prime Minister	Victor Ponta
Preceded by	Mariana Câmpeanu
Succeeded by	Claudia-Ana Costea
Minister of Environment and Climate Change
In office 7 May 2012 – 5 March 2014
Prime Minister	Victor Ponta
Preceded by	Attila Korodi
Succeeded by	Attila Korodi
Personal details
Born	(1960-06-22) 22 June 1960 (age 63) Bucharest, Romania
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Other political affiliations	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats Party of European Socialists
Education	Bucharest University of Economic Studies

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.^[1] From 5 March 2014 to 9 November 2015, she was the Minister of Labor, Family, Social Protection and Elderly in the Government of Romania.^{[citation needed]} In March 2015, Rovana Plumb was elected President of the National Council of PSD.^[2]

Early life and education

Plumb attended the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE).

Political career

Plumb served as a member of the Parliament of Romania from 2004 to 2007 and the European Parliament from 2009 to 2012.^[3] 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 García.^[4] She also joined the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Controversy

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.^[5]

References

External links

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