Florin Roman | |
Office: | Minister of Digitalization |
Term Start: | 25 November 2021 |
Term End: | 15 December 2021 |
Predecessor: | Barna Tánczos (Acting) |
Successor: | Marcel Boloș |
Office1: | Acting President of the Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start1: | 18 October 2021 |
Term End1: | 2 November 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Ludovic Orban |
Successor1: | Sorin Grindeanu (Acting) |
Birth Date: | 22 April 1974 |
Birth Place: | Alba Iulia, Alba County, Romania |
Party: | National Liberal Party (since 2014) |
Otherparty: | Democratic Liberal Party (before 2014)[1] [2] |
Florin Claudiu Roman (born 22 April 1974) is a Romanian politician, incumbent member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2016.[3] He served from 18 October 2021 to 2 November 2021 as interim President of the Chamber of Deputies, after the resignation of Ludovic Orban on 13 October,[4] [5] and as Minister of Digitalization in the Ciucă Cabinet from 25 November to 15 December 2021, when he resigned on the grounds of accusations of plagiarism,[6] [7] and significant irregularities on his Curriculum vitae. The plagiarism concerns were raised in the newspaper Libertatea, who explained they could not locate an academic paper that was listed on his CV and there were concerns raised about misleading statements regarding which university he attended.[8]