Succeeded by Teodor Melescanu Succeeded by Ioan Mircea Pascu Role Romanian Politician | Prime Minister Mugur Isarescu Name Sorin Frunzaverde Party National Liberal Party | |
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Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu Preceded by Corneliu Dobritoiu (acting) Preceded by Constantin Dudu Ionescu | ||
Sorin Frunzaverde-vicepresedinte PNL
Sorin Frunzăverde (born 26 April 1960) is a Romanian politician who has served as president of the Caraș-Severin County Council and Member of the European Parliament.
Sorin Frunzăverde is a Romanian political figure, a former leader of the Democratic Liberal Party, founder of Caraș-Severin party branch from the very beginning of the Democratic Party's creation in 1993. His work in the international relations department of the party became acknowledged when, in 2005, the party became a full member of the EPP family. On 27 March 2012 he announced his resignation from PDL and enter the Opposition branches of the National Liberal Party and the larger alliance Social Liberal Union of which PNL is part.
He has twice served as Minister of National Defense. The first appointment, from 13 March 2000 to 28 December 2000, came when President Emil Constantinescu chose him to replace defence minister Victor Babiuc, who had left the Democratic Party but refused to leave the ministerial post. He was returned to the post from 25 October 2006 to 5 April 2007, after defence minister Teodor Atanasiu resigned following a long running dispute with President Traian Băsescu.
He is a former Member of the European Parliament, where he was the Head of the Romanian delegation to the EPP, vice-chairman of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Within the European Parliament, he was involved in the EU-Western Balkans dialogue, acting as a member in the Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe and the Delegation to the EU-Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Joint Parliamentary Committee.
After having graduated from the Metallurgy Department of the Polytechnic Institute in Bucharest, he pursued economic and military studies, receiving a PhD title in both disciplines and a „magna cum laude” distinction from the Romanian Defence University. He has published a series of articles and books on security and European integration topics.
Frunzăverde is fluent in English, Italian and German. He is married and has one child.