Vasile Blaga | |
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Member of the European Parliament for Romania | |
Assumed office 2 July 2019 | |
President of the Senate of Romania | |
In office 29 November 2011 – 3 July 2012 | |
President | Traian Băsescu |
Preceded by | Mircea Geoană |
Succeeded by | Crin Antonescu |
Member of the Senate of Romania | |
In office 22 November 1996 – 10 December 2000 | |
Constituency | Bihor County |
In office 13 December 2004 – 19 December 2016 | |
Constituency | Bucharest |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 18 June 1990 – 14 February 1992 | |
Constituency | Bihor County |
Minister of Internal Affairs | |
In office 29 December 2004 – 4 April 2007 | |
Prime Minister | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
Preceded by | Marian Săniuță |
Succeeded by | Cristian David |
In office 1 October 2009 – 27 September 2010 | |
Prime Minister | Emil Boc |
Preceded by | Dan Nica |
Succeeded by | Traian Igaș |
Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration | |
In office 22 December 2008 – 27 November 2009 | |
Prime Minister | Emil Boc |
Preceded by | Dan Motreanu |
Succeeded by | Elena Udrea |
Prefect of Bihor County | |
In office 1991–1993 | |
President of the National Liberal Party | |
In office 18 December 2014 – 28 September 2016 Serving with Alina Gorghiu | |
Preceded by | Klaus Iohannis |
Succeeded by | Alina Gorghiu |
Leader of the Democratic Liberal Party | |
In office 30 June 2012 – 17 November 2014 | |
Preceded by | Emil Boc |
Succeeded by | Klaus Iohannis (merged within the National Liberal Party) |
Personal details | |
Born | Petrileni, Bihor, Romania | 26 July 1956
Political party | National Liberal Party (2014–present) |
Other political affiliations | National Salvation Front (1990–1993) Democratic Party (1993–2007) Democratic Liberal Party (2007–2014) |
Spouse | Margareta Violett Blaga |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | Polytechnic University of Timișoara[1] Carol I National Defence University |
Vasile Blaga (Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile ˈblaɡa]; born 26 July 1956) is a Romanian politician who was Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, from 2011 to 2012. He also served as Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice as Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs.
A member of the Democratic Party (PD), he was the Minister of Administration and Interior in the first Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu government (December, 2004–March, 2007) as well as in one of the Emil Boc's governments. He resigned on 27 September 2010.
On 28 November 2011, Blaga was appointed President of the Senate of Romania after the revocation of Mircea Geoană on 23 November. On 30 June 2012, he became the leader of PDL in an extraordinary session following the huge loss suffered by the party in the local elections earlier that month. He was dismissed from the office of President of the Senate on 3 July 2012.