George Copos

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George Copos
Born	Gheorghe Copos (1953-03-27) March 27, 1953 Tăşnad, Satu Mare, Romania
Residence	Bucharest, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Education	Pedagogy, Law school
Alma mater	University of Oradea Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy
Occupation	businessman
Known for	Owner of FC Rapid Bucharest
Religion	Orthodox
Spouse(s)	Cristiana Copos
Children	Alexandra Copos
Website
http://www.copos.ro

Gheorghe (George) Copos (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈd͡ʒe̯ord͡ʒe ˈkopos]; born 27 March 1953, in Tăşnad, Satu Mare County) is a Romanian businessman and politician.

He is the owner of a chain of confectioner's shops, a chain of electronics shops, several hotels, as well as the football club Rapid Bucureşti.

Copos is a member of the Conservative Party and between December 2004 and January 2006, he was a vice-prime-minister and State Minister in charge with coordination of the activities in the field of business environment and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Tăriceanu government.

On January 21, 2006, he resigned from the Conservative Party amid a corruption scandal. He has maintained, however, his function as vice prime-minister and State Minister in the government. He also resigned from the government in June 2006, maintaining his function as a senator.

External links

(Romanian) Gheorghe Copos' blog

v t e First Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet (29 December 2004 – 5 April 2007)

Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Minister of State	Adriean Videanu/Gheorghe Seculici/Gheorghe Pogea (Co-ordinating the Economic Domain) George Copos/Bogdan Pascu (Co-ordinating the Buisiness, and Small and Medium Enterprises Domain) Béla Markó (Co-ordinating Culture, Education, European Integration)

Ministers	Monica Macovei (Justice) Ionel Popescu/Sebastian Vlădescu (Public Finance) Gheorghe Barbu (Labor) Ene Dinga/Anca Boagiu (European Integration) Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu/Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Foreign Affairs) Vasile Blaga (Interior) Codruţ Şereş/ Varujan Vosganian (Economy) Teodor Atanasiu/ Sorin Frunzăverde (Defense) Gheorghe Flutur/Dan Motreanu (Agriculture) Gheorghe Dobre/Radu Berceanu (Transport) Mircea Miclea/Mihail Hărdău (Education) Mona Muscă/Adrian Iorgulescu (Culture) Mircea Cinteză/Eugen Nicolăescu (Health) Zsolt Nagy (Communications and IT) Sulfina Barbu (Environment)

Ministers Delegate	Mihai Voicu/Radu Stroe (General Secretariat of the Government) Cristian David (International Financing Programs and European Community Acquis) Sorin Vicol (Control) Bogdan Olteanu/Mihai Voicu (Relations with Parliament) László Borbély (Transport) Iuliu Winkler (Commerce)

PNL minister PD minister UDMR minister PC minister Independent minister

Persondata
Name	Copos, George
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Date of birth	1953-03-27
Place of birth	Tăşnad, Satu Mare, Romania
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