# Liviu Pop > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Liviu_Pop > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Liviu_Pop.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liviu_Pop > Source revision: 1349510411 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Romanian politician}} {{expand Romanian|topic=bio|Liviu Pop|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Liviu Pop | image = Liviu_Pop.jpg | office = Minister of National Education | prime_minister = [Mihai Tudose](/source/Mihai_Tudose)
[Mihai Fifor](/source/Mihai_Fifor) ([Acting](/source/acting_(law))) | deputy = | term_start = 29 June 2017 | term_end = 29 January 2018 | predecessor = Pavel Năstase | successor = [Valentin Popa](/source/Valentin_Popa) | office1 = Senator for [Maramureș County](/source/Maramure%C8%99_County) | term_start1 = 20 February 2017 | term_end1 = 21 December 2020 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | term_start2 = 19 December 2012 | term_end2 = 19 December 2016 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|05|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [Vișeu de Sus](/source/Vi%C8%99eu_de_Sus), [Socialist Republic of Romania](/source/Socialist_Republic_of_Romania) | death_date = | death_place = | party = [Social Liberal Humanist Party](/source/Social_Liberal_Humanist_Party) (since 2023){{cite web | url=https://www.g4media.ro/partidul-condus-de-piedone-si-fondat-de-dan-voiculescu-a-depus-lista-de-candidati-la-parlamentul-european-printre-care-se-numara-mugur-ciuvica-si-fostul-ministru-al-educatiei-liviu-pop.html | title=Partidul condus de Piedone și fondat de Dan Voiculescu a depus lista de candidați la Parlamentul European, printre care se numără Mugur Ciuvică și fostul ministru al educației Liviu Pop | date=10 April 2024 }}
[Alliance for the Homeland](/source/Alliance_for_the_Homeland) (2021-2023){{Cite web |last=Nicolau |first=Nicoleta |date=2021-10-11 |title=Fost ministru al Educației, în partidul lui Dragnea: "Te așteaptā cu multā speranță toți" |url=https://www.stiridiaspora.ro/fost-ministru-al-educatiei-in-partidul-lui-dragnea-te-asteapt-cu-mult-speranta-toti_476665.html |website=StiriDiaspora |language=ro}}
[Social Democratic Party](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_(Romania)) (2012-2021)
[Independent](/source/Independent_politician) (before 2012) | other_party = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = [Babeș-Bolyai University](/source/Babe%C8%99-Bolyai_University) | signature = | footnotes = | website = }} '''Liviu-Marian Pop''' (born 10 May 1974) is a [Romania](/source/Romania)n politician. He was a very controversial Romanian interim [Education Minister](/source/Education_Minister) in the cabinet of [Victor Ponta](/source/Victor_Ponta).{{Cite journal |last=Schiermeier |first=Quirin |date=2012-07-02 |title=Romanian panel calls prime minister a plagiarist |url=http://www.nature.com/news/romanian-panel-calls-prime-minister-a-plagiarist-1.10926 |doi-access=free |journal=[Nature](/source/Nature_(journal)) |language=en |doi=10.1038/nature.2012.10926 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309131958/http://www.nature.com/news/romanian-panel-calls-prime-minister-a-plagiarist-1.10926 |archive-date= Mar 9, 2021 |url-access=subscription }}{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://gov.ro/en/government/the-cabinet-of-ministers/minister-delegate-for-social-dialogue1435646625 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822211540/http://gov.ro/en/government/the-cabinet-of-ministers/minister-delegate-for-social-dialogue1435646625 |archive-date=2015-08-22 |title=Liviu-Marian Pop |website=gov.ro|publisher=Romanian Government }}{{Cite web |title=Liviu Marian Pop, The General Secretary of the Free Trade Union Federation in Education (FSLI) is the new appointed Minister for Social Dialogue with the Romanian Government |url=http://www.fsli.ro/Liviu%20Marian%20Pop/Liviu_engleza.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305091837/http://www.fsli.ro/Liviu%20Marian%20Pop/Liviu_engleza.pdf |archive-date=Mar 5, 2016 |website=www.fsli.ro|publisher=Federația Sindicatelor Libere din Invățământ}}[http://www.mmuncii.ro/j33/index.php/ro/comunicare/comunicate-de-presa/3782-cp-2010422-riga Mmuncii.ro]{{Cite web |title=Liviu Pop: ILO could have foremost role if involved in political support |url=http://www.agerpres.ro/english/2015/03/23/liviu-pop-ilo-could-have-foremost-role-if-involved-in-political-support-16-05-48 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403010109/https://www.agerpres.ro/english/2015/03/23/liviu-pop-ilo-could-have-foremost-role-if-involved-in-political-support-16-05-48 |archive-date=Apr 3, 2019 |date=2015-03-23 |agency=[Agerpres](/source/Agerpres)}} He played a significant role during the plagiarism controversy involving Prime Minister Victor Ponta. A committee responsible for validating academic titles analyzed Ponta's doctoral thesis and unanimously concluded that plagiarism had occurred, recommending the withdrawal of his doctoral degree. In response, interim Education Minister Liviu Pop (PSD) challenged the committee’s authority and rejected its findings, arguing that the session lacked a legal quorum. Notably, Pop had signed an order to reorganize the committee the previous day, but due to procedural timing, the order only took effect during the session in which the thesis was being reviewed. Another committee, subordinated to the Education Ministry, later found that Ponta did not commit plagiarism. On July 27, 2016 the {{ill|National Council for the Recognition of University Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates|lt=CNATDCU|ro|Consiliul Național de Atestare a Titlurilor, Diplomelor și Certificatelor Universitare}} (''Consiliul Național de Atestare a Titlurilor, Diplomelor și Certificatelor Universitare'') — reformed by the new Education Ministry — reconfirmed the plagiarism verdict, subsequently requesting the withdrawal of Ponta's doctoral title. Pop is also known for making very embarrassing grammar, spelling and logical mistakes, for example misspelling the word "knee"{{Cite news|url=http://adevarul.ro/news/politica/inventarul-gafelor-trimit-peministrul-liviu-pop-direct-istorie-dela-genunche-greselile-corect-erorile-nu-1_59c0d9c05ab6550cb8514dcd/index.html|title=Inventarul gafelor care îl trimit pe ministrul Liviu Pop direct în Istorie. De la "genunche" la "greșelile se pot corecta, erorile nu"|newspaper= [Adevărul](/source/Adev%C4%83rul) |first1=Laura Andreea |last1=Popa |date=September 19, 2017 |access-date=2017-10-12}} in Romanian ("genunche" instead of "genunchi"), or that "mistakes can be fixed, while errors cannot" ("greșelile se pot corecta, erorile nu"), or that "12th grade students have been in school for 17-18 years" ("[...] Vă place cum arăta școala, când ați intrat acum 18 ani sau 17 ani? Atunci ați intrat în clasa I”{{Cite news|url=http://adevarul.ro/educatie/scoala/ziua-gafa-liviu-pop-profesor-matematica-baza-ministrul-aratat-sta-prost-capitolul-aritmetica-1_59d614df5ab6550cb8d6e652/index.html|title=Ziua și gafa lui Liviu Pop. Profesor de Matematică la bază, ministrul a arătat că stă prost și la capitolul Aritmetică|newspaper= [Adevărul](/source/Adev%C4%83rul) |date=Oct 5, 2017 |first1=Florinela |last1=Iosip |access-date=2017-10-12}}). In 2018 a mistake was discovered in a mathematical manual published by the Ministry of Education. It stated that the number 9 is larger than the number 12. In defense Pop (graduated from the faculty of mathematics and informatics at [Babeș-Bolyai University](/source/Babe%C8%99-Bolyai_University) in [Cluj-Napoca](/source/Cluj-Napoca)) publicly argued that this could be the case in another number system, for example [base](/source/Radix) 5. With basic mathematical knowledge however it can easily be proven that this is impossible.{{Cite web|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/educatie/liviu-pop-despre-greseala-din-manualul-de-matematica-12-s-ar-putea-sa-fie-mai-mare-decat-16-995309|title=Liviu Pop, despre greșeala din manualul de matematică: 12 s-ar putea să fie mai mare decât 16|work=[Digi24](/source/Digi24) |date=2018 |access-date=2018-09-04}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pop, Liviu}} Category:Living people Category:1974 births Category:People from Vișeu de Sus Category:Ministers of education of Romania Category:Babeș-Bolyai University alumni Category:Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians {{edu-bio-stub}} {{Romania-politician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Liviu Pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liviu_Pop) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liviu_Pop?action=history)). 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