{{Short description|Romanian politician (born 1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mihai Tudose | image = Mihai Tudose MEP (2024).jpg | office1 = 66th [[Prime Minister of Romania]]<!-- Please do not add his order, it is against WP:MOS, unused and clutter, only exception is the President of the United States. --> | president1 = [[Klaus Iohannis]] | deputy1 = [[Sevil Shhaideh]]<br> [[Paul Stănescu]]<br> {{ill|Grațiela-Leocadia Gavrilescu|ro}}<br> [[Marcel Ciolacu]] | term_start1 = 29 June 2017 | term_end1 = 16 January 2018 | predecessor1 = [[Sorin Grindeanu]] | successor1 = [[Mihai Fifor]] <small>([[acting (law)|acting]]/ad interim)</small> | office2 = [[Member of the European Parliament]] for [[Romania (European Parliament constituency)|Romania]] | term_start2 = 2 July 2019 | term_end2 = | office3 = [[Ministry of Economy (Romania)|Minister of Economy]] | prime_minister3 = [[Sorin Grindeanu]] | term_start3 = 23 February 2017 | term_end3 = 29 June 2017 | predecessor3 = Alexandru Petrescu | successor3 = [[Mihai Fifor]] | prime_minister4 = [[Victor Ponta]] | term_start4 = 17 December 2014 | term_end4 = 17 November 2015 | predecessor4 = [[Constantin Niță]] | successor4 = Costin Grigore Borc | birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1967|3|6|df=y}}}} | birth_place = [[Brăila]], [[Brăila County]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Democratic National Salvation Front|FDSN]] {{small|(1992–93)}}<br />[[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|PDSR]] {{small|(1993–2001)}}<br />[[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|PSD]] {{small|(2001–2019)}}<br />[[PRO Romania]] {{small|(2019–2020)}}<br />[[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|PSD]] {{small|(2020–present)}} | spouse = Corina Tudose | alma_mater = [[Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University]] | caption = Official portrait, 2024 | children = 1 | honorific_suffix = [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] }}
'''Mihai Tudose''' ({{IPA|ro|miˈhaj tuˈdose}}; born 6 March 1967) is a Romanian politician, jurist and academic,<ref>https://hotnews.ro/cine-este-mihai-tudose-propunerea-psd-de-premier-conferentiar-universitar-la-academia-sri-are-doctorat-suspect-de-plagiat-facut-tot-la-sri-demolat-de-raportul-de-evaluare-al-lui-darius-valcov-419542</ref> deputy in the [[Parliament of Romania]], a former Minister of Economy in 2017 and a former [[Prime Minister of Romania]] in 2018. On 16 January 2018 he resigned from his position as Prime Minister after his own Social Democratic Party (PSD) retracted its political support for his government. He subsequently switched from PSD to Victor Ponta's party [[PRO Romania]] in 2019.
On 6 January 2020, he resigned from [[PRO Romania]] and re-joined the [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mihai Tudose s-a reînscris în PSD|url=https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/politica/mihai-tudose-s-a-reinscris-in-psd-1242417|access-date=2020-07-09|website=www.digi24.ro|date=8 January 2020 |language=ro}}</ref>
== Political career == Mihai Tudose joined politics in 1992, as a member of the [[Democratic National Salvation Front]] (FDSN). Today, Tudose is member of the [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD) and its national vice president since 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.agerpres.ro/flux-documentare/2017/06/28/mihai-tudose-prim-ministru-desemnat-fisa-biografica--15-21-08 |title=Mihai Tudose, prim-ministru desemnat (fișă biografică) |work=AGERPRES |editor=Doina Lecea |date=28 June 2017 |language=ro}}</ref> He entered the [[Parliament of Romania|Parliament]] in 2000 and was elected consecutively for five terms as deputy in [[Brăila County]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediafax.ro/politic/cine-este-mihai-tudose-varianta-de-premier-propusa-de-psd-alde-ministru-al-economiei-in-guvernele-grindeanu-si-ponta-acuzatii-de-plagiat-conferentiar-universitar-la-academia-sri-16517097 |title=Cine este Mihai Tudose, varianta de premier propusă de PSD-ALDE: ministru al Economiei în guvernele Grindeanu și Ponta, acuzații de plagiat, conferențiar universitar la Academia SRI |work=Mediafax |date=26 June 2017 |language=ro}}</ref> Mihai Tudose was [[Ministry of Economy (Romania)|Minister of Economy]] twice, between 2014 and 2015 in [[Fourth Ponta Cabinet]] and between February and June 2017 in [[Grindeanu Cabinet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://adevarul.ro/news/politica/cine-mihai-tudose-petele-cv-ul-premierului-propus-psd-1_5950e1295ab6550cb889c6ec/index.html |title=Cine este Mihai Tudose. Petele din CV-ul premierului desemnat de Iohannis. "Nu pretind că am inventat eu Teorema lui Pitagora" |work=Adevărul |author=Radu Eremia |date=26 June 2017 |language=ro}}</ref>
[[File:170507 4th 2017 319 Inquam Photos Octav Ganea (35639762791).jpg|thumb|Mihai Tudose in 2017]]
He was one of the potential candidates for Prime Minister brought forward by the majority coalition led by the [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] (PSD) to succeed [[Sorin Grindeanu]] after the latter was dismissed by a [[motion of no confidence]] adopted in Parliament by his own party. On 26 June 2017, the majority coalition nominated him for the position and President [[Klaus Iohannis|Iohannis]] designated him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/politica/klaus-iohannis-il-desemnez-pe-mihai-tudose-pentru-functia-de-premier-750164 |title=Klaus Iohannis: Îl desemnez pe Mihai Tudose viitor premier |work=Digi24 |date=26 June 2017 |language=ro}}</ref> He took office with his [[Tudose Cabinet|cabinet]] on 29 June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/politic/ministrii-din-guvernul-tudose-audiati-astazi-in-comisii-voctul-de-investitura-programat-de-la-ora-15-00-in-parlament.html |title=Iohannis, atac dur la adresa coaliției după jurământul Guvernului. "Ați băgat țara în criză, terminați cu țopăiala bugetară" |work=Știrile Pro TV |date=29 June 2017 |language=ro}}</ref>
==Controversy== As a holder of a doctorate in Military Sciences and Information, Tudose was involved in a plagiarism scandal after media reports had alleged that he might have plagiarized some parts of his doctoral work.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://evz.ro/cine-este-mihai-tudose-premierul-psd-profesor-la-sri-acuzat-de.html |title=Cine este Mihai Tudose, premierul PSD: Profesor la SRI, acuzat de plagiat, mic maestru în șah - biografie |work=Evenimentul zilei |author=Ionel Dancu |date=26 June 2017 |language=ro}}</ref> In the aftermath of the scandal, he relinquished the use of his scientific title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://reperul.ro/acuzat-ca-si-plagiat-teza-de-doctorat-deputatul-psd-mihai-tudose-renunta-la-titlul-de-doctor/ |title=Acuzat că și-a plagiat teza de doctorat, deputatul PSD Mihai Tudose renunță la titlul de doctor |work=Reperul |date=8 July 2016 |language=ro}}</ref>
Commenting on the [[Székely independence movement|Székely autonomy initiatives]] and the use of their flag in public offices on 11 January 2018, Tudose said "If they fly Székely flags on institutions in [[Székely Land]], the people who put the flags out will also hang next to the flags. Autonomy for Székelys is excluded." Acting president of the [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]] (UDMR) Bálint Porcsalmi said that Tudose's statement was inadmissible, calling it "primitive" and "reminiscent of the Middle Ages".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ziuadecj.realitatea.net/politica/mihai-tudose-a-rabufnit-la-adresa-udmr-daca-steagul-secuiesc-va-flutura-pe-institutiile-de-acolo-toti-vor-flutura-langa-steag--168729.html |title=Mihai Tudose a răbufnit la adresa UDMR: "Dacă steagul secuiesc va flutura pe instituțiile de acolo, toți vor flutura lângă steag" |work=Ziua de Cluj|date=11 January 2018 |language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://itthon.transindex.ro/?hir=50116 |title=Tudose: A székelyek a zászlóik mellett fognak lógni |work=Transindex |date=11 January 2018 |language=hu}}</ref> Seven days later, Tudose was forced to resign from his position, partly due to the comments and infighting and lack of confidence via his party.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gillet|first1=Kit|title=Romanian Prime Minister Is Forced Out, the Second in Seven Months|work=The New York Times |date=15 January 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/15/world/europe/romania-mihai-tudose-resigns-prime-minister.html|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref>
In June 2023, a MEP assistant accused Tudose of sexually harassing her.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} Tudose denied any accusation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mediafax.ro/politic/culisele-scandalului-de-la-bruxelles-mihai-tudose-hartuirea-sexuala-21940937 | title=Culisele scandalului de la Bruxelles. Mihai Tudose, "hărţuirea sexuală" }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://romania.europalibera.org/a/mihai-tudose-acuzat-hartuire-parlamentul-european/32445816.html | title=După articolul Europa Liberă, eurodeputatul M. Tudose, acuzat că și-a hărțuit asistenta, răspunde: "E o poveste despre ce și-a imaginat ea" | newspaper=Europa Liberă România | date=6 June 2023 | last1=Șancu | first1=Sabina }}</ref>
== See also == * [[Tudose Cabinet]]
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