Sorin Frunzăverde

Sorin Frunzăverde
Sorin Frunzăverde in February 2007
Member of the European Parliament
In office 2007–2009
Minister of National Defense
In office 25 October 2006 – 5 April 2007
Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Preceded by	Corneliu Dobriţoiu (acting)
Succeeded by	Teodor Meleșcanu
In office 13 March 2000 – 28 December 2000
Prime Minister	Mugur Isărescu
Preceded by	Constantin Dudu Ionescu
Succeeded by	Ioan Mircea Paşcu
Minister of Tourism
In office 17 April 1998 – 16 December 1998
Prime Minister	Radu Vasile
Preceded by	Ákos Birtalan
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Ministry of Water, Forestry and Environmental Protection
In office 5 December 1997 – 11 February 1998
Prime Minister	Victor Ciorbea
Preceded by	Ioan Oltean
Succeeded by	Romica Tomescu
Personal details
Born	26 April 1960 Bocşa, Caraş-Severin County
Political party	PNL (2012-present)
Other political affiliations	PDL (1993-2012)
Profession	Engineer

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

References

1. "Romanian President intervenes in coalition row". BBC News. 13 March 2000. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
2. "Romanian defence minister quits". BBC News. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 2008-09-06.

External links

• Curriculum Vitae at the Chamber of Deputies
• European Parliament profile