Vasile Blaga is a Romanian politician who was Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, from 2011 to 2012.
10 Facts About Vasile Blaga
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Vasile Blaga served as Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice as Minister of Administration and Internal Affairs.
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On 28 November 2011, Blaga was appointed President of the Senate of Romania after the revocation of Mircea Geoana on 23 November.
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Vasile Blaga was dismissed from the office of President of the Senate on 3 July 2012.
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Vasile Blaga was a Member of Parliament in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, representing Bihor County, between 1990 and 1991, after which he became the Prefect of Bihor, serving until 1993.
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Vasile Blaga was reelected at the 2004 election for the Justice and Truth Alliance, of which the Democratic Party was a member, representing Bucharest.
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Vasile Blaga was appointed as the Minister of Administration and Interior Affairs later in the same year.
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Vasile Blaga came second in the first round of the elections, trailing independent Sorin Oprescu.
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Vasile Blaga was the president of the Democratic Liberal Party until its dissolution in the summer of 2014, when it merged with the National Liberal Party, of which he served as co-president, along with Alina Gorghiu, until 28 September 2016.
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On that date, Vasile Blaga was charged with influence peddling by the National Anticorruption Directorate and announced his resignation as party co-leader, though he maintained he is innocent.