Octav Cozmâncă

Octav Cozmâncă (Romanian pronunciation: [okˈtav kozˈmɨŋkə]; born September 22, 1947) is a Romanian politician. A former member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a member of the Romanian Senate for Botoşani County from 1996 to 2008. In the Adrian Năstase cabinet, he was Minister of Public Administration from 2000 to 2003.

Biography

Born in Talpa village, now in Cândeşti Commune, Botoşani County, Cozmâncă graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Bucharest in 1971.[1] In 1980, he joined the central committee of the Union of Communist Youth.[2] From 1983 to 1989, he was head coordinator at the general secretariat of the Romanian government. From 1989 to 1990, a period that spanned the fall of the Communist regime, he was an inspector for the government. From 1990 to 1992, working at the Culture Ministry, he directed the management of the trust for administering the national cultural patrimony. From 1992 to 1996, he was a secretary of state, heading the Department of Local Public Administration.[1]

Elected to the Senate in 1996, he sat on various committees there: budget, finance, banking and capital markets (1996-2000); public administration, territorial organisation and environmental protection (1996-2000; 2004-2005);[3][4] foreign policy (2003-2004);[5] joint committee providing oversight to the activities of Serviciul Român de Informaţii (2004-2008).[4] He was Public Administration Minister from December 2000 to June 2003.[6] Within his party, which he joined in 1992, he has been secretary of the national council (1993-1997), member of the executive central bureau (1996-2005), executive secretary (1997-2003) and executive president (2003-2005).[1][2] Following criticisms of the party that he issued, the PSD removed him as a member in 2009.[7] In 2011, together with other former members of the Romanian Communist Party, he was among the initiators of a new left-wing formation, the Party of Social Justice.[8]

He and his wife, who died in 2005, had one child.[1][9]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (Romanian) Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site; accessed August 23, 2010
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 (Romanian) Stelian Neagoe, Oameni politici români, p.741. Editura Machiavelli, Bucharest, 2007. ISBN 973-99321-7-7
  3. ↑ (Romanian) 1996-2000 parliamentary profile; accessed August 23, 2010
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 (Romanian) 2004-2008 parliamentary profile; accessed August 23, 2010
  5. ↑ (Romanian) 2000-2004 parliamentary profile; accessed August 23, 2010
  6. ↑ (Romanian) Adrian Năstase Government; accessed August 20, 2010
  7. ↑ (Romanian) "Octav Cozmâncă, exclus din PSD Suceava" ("Octav Cozmâncă, Removed from Suceava County PSD"), Mediafax, 21 September 2009; accessed August 23, 2010
  8. ↑ (Romanian) Florin Ciornei, "Octav Cozmâncă, bucătar-şef în noul partid al stângii" ("Octav Cozmâncă, Head Cook in New Leftist Party"), Evenimentul Zilei, 7 April 2011; accessed April 7, 2011
  9. ↑ (Romanian) Victor Ciutacu, "Cozmâncă se intoarce" ("Cozmâncă Returns"), Jurnalul Naţional, 2 December 2007; accessed August 23, 2010