Dan Șova

Dan Șova
Minister for Infrastructure Projects of National Interest and Foreign Investment
Assumed office
21 December 2012
President Crin Antonescu (has been acting)
Prime Minister Victor Ponta
Member of the Senate of Romania
Assumed office
December 19, 2008
Constituency 30-Olt, Electoral district No. 3
Personal details
Born (1973-04-09) April 9, 1973
Bucharest, Romania
Nationality Romanian
Political party Social Democratic Party (until 2014)[1]
Alma mater University of Bucharest[2]
Profession Lawyer

Dan-Coman Șova (born April 9, 1973 in Bucharest) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has sat in the Romanian Senate since 2008, representing Olt County.

Dan Șova was appointed Minister for Infrastructure Projects of National Interest and Foreign Investment on December 21, 2012. Previously, he served as Minister Delegate for Liaison with Parliament

He graduated from the Faculty of Law (1995) and the Faculty of History (2001) of the University of Bucharest.[3]

In 2012, while he was his party's spokesperson, he said in a TV program that "no Jews suffered from the hands of Romanians" during the Holocaust, a statement for which he had to apologize the next day.[4] He was then sent to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, to learn about the Holocaust in Romania.[5]

In August 2014, he was put under investigation for complicity to abuse of office.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gandul.info/politica/ponta-i-a-exclus-din-psd-pe-geoana-vanghelie-si-sova-vanghelie-mi-a-fost-greata-n-am-vazut-asa-executii-nici-la-partidul-comunist-sova-accept-13649849
  2. ↑ University of Bucharest CV
  3. ↑ "Dan Șova" (in Romanian). University of Bucharest. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
  4. ↑ Dragan, Flavia (March 6, 2012). "Şova îşi cere scuze că a negat Holocaustul" (in Romanian). Romania libera. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Dan Sova a fost inlocuit din functia de purtator de cuvant al PSD si trimis la Muzeul Holocaustului" (in Romanian). Pro TV. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Anticorruption Directorate: Senator Sova under criminal investigation for complicity to abuse of office". Agerpres. August 13, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
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