Ioan Rus Explained

Ioan Rus
Birth Date:21 February 1955
Term Start:28 December 2000
Term End:11 March 2004
Predecessor:Constantin Dudu Ionescu
Successor:Marian Săniuță
Term Start2:7 May 2012
Term End2:6 August 2012
Predecessor2:Gabriel Berca
Term Start3:24 June 2014
Term End3:16 July 2015
Successor3:Iulian Matache

Ioan Rus (born 21 February 1955) is a Romanian politician.

Biography

Born in Urișor, Cluj County, he is a 1982 graduate of the Mechanics faculty of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 1994, he was prefect of his home county in 1995, president of its county council from June to December 2000, Interior Minister from December 2000 to June 2003,[1] and again from May to August 2012, when he resigned in the aftermath of the presidential impeachment referendum.[2]

In June 2014, following the resignation of Dan Șova, he was named Transport Minister.[3] In June 2015, he created a controversy when commenting about Romanians working in Western Europe. He asserted that on a hypothetical monthly salary of 1500, "their children become hoodlums at home and their wives turn into whores". Rus subsequently tendered his resignation.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Curriculum vitae at politicaromaneasca.ro
  2. "Ioan Rus şi Victor Paul Dobre au demisionat", Mediafax, August 6, 2012
  3. Remus Florescu, "Cine este Ioan Rus, viitorul ministru al Transporturilor", Adevărul, June 24, 2014
  4. "Ioan Rus şi-a dat demisia din funcţia de ministru al Transporturilor", Mediafax, June 11, 2015