Rovana Plumb

{{Short description|Romanian politician (born 1960)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rovana Plumb | image = Mitingul Electoral al Aliantei PSD-UNPR-PC, Galati - 10.05 (14) (14278213368).jpg | office = Minister of European Funds | prime_minister = Viorica Dăncilă | term_start = 29 January 2018 | term_end = 24 April 2019 | predecessor = Marius Nica | successor = Roxana Mînzatu | office1 = President of the Social Democratic Party<br />{{small|Acting}} | term_start1 = 24 June 2015 | term_end1 = 22 July 2015 | predecessor1 = Victor Ponta | successor1 = Liviu Dragnea | office2 = Minister of Labour, Family, Social Protection and Elders | prime_minister2 = Victor Ponta | term_start2 = 5 March 2014 | term_end2 = 9 November 2015 | predecessor2 = Mariana Câmpeanu | successor2 = Claudia-Ana Costea | office3 = Minister of Environment and Climate Change | prime_minister3 = Victor Ponta | term_start3 = 7 May 2012 | term_end3 = 5 March 2014 | predecessor3 = Attila Korodi | successor3 = Attila Korodi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|6|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Bucharest, Romania | death_date = | death_place = | party = Social Democratic Party | other_party = Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats<br />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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.romania-insider.com/victor-ponta-unveils-new-government-number-two-in-romanian-central-bank-becomes-finance-minister|title=Victor Ponta unveils new Government: Number two in Romanian Central Bank becomes Finance Minister|date=May 1, 2012|website=Romania Insider}}</ref> 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|date=May 2015}} In March 2015, Rovana Plumb was elected President of the National Council of PSD.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.agerpres.ro/english/2015/03/20/labour-minister-rovana-plumb-elected-chair-of-social-democratic-party-s-national-council-19-20-28 |title=Labour Minister Rovana Plumb elected chair of Social Democratic Party's National Council – AGERPRES |website=www.agerpres.ro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523073400/http://www.agerpres.ro/english/2015/03/20/labour-minister-rovana-plumb-elected-chair-of-social-democratic-party-s-national-council-19-20-28 |archive-date=2015-05-23}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/38595/Rovana_PLUMB.html |title = Home | MEPs | European Parliament}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.socialistsanddemocrats.eu/newsroom/sd-group-elects-its-new-bureau The S&D Group elects its new Bureau] S&D Group, press release of 19 June 2019.</ref> 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.<ref>David M. Herszenhorn and Maïa de La Baume (September 12, 2019), [https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyens-commission-of-inquiries-sylvie-goulard/ Ursula von der Leyen’s Commission of Inquiries] ''Politico Europe''.</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category-inline}} *{{official website|http://www.rovanaplumb.ro/ }}

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