| Birth date | 21 February 1955 (age 71) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Urișor, Cluj County, Romania |
| Citizenship | Romania |
| Alma mater | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca |
| Occupation | politician engineer |
| Party | PSD |
| Office | Interior Minister |
| Term start | 28 December 2000 |
| Term end | 11 March 2004 |
| President | Ion Iliescu |
| Prime minister | Adrian Năstase |
| Predecessor | Constantin Dudu Ionescu |
| Successor | Marian Săniuță |
| Term start 2 | 7 May 2012 |
| Term end 2 | 6 August 2012 |
| President 2 | Traian Băsescu |
| Prime minister 2 | Victor Ponta |
| Predecessor 2 | Gabriel Berca |
| Successor 2 | Mircea Dușa |
| Office 3 | Transport Minister |
| Term start 3 | 24 June 2014 |
| Term end 3 | 16 July 2015 |
| President 3 | Traian Băsescu Klaus Johannis |
| Prime minister 3 | Victor Ponta |
| Predecessor 3 | Dan Șova |
| Successor 3 | 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
- ^ (in Romanian) Curriculum vitae at politicaromaneasca.ro
- ^ (in Romanian) "Ioan Rus şi Victor Paul Dobre au demisionat", Mediafax, August 6, 2012
- ^ (in Romanian) Remus Florescu, "Cine este Ioan Rus, viitorul ministru al Transporturilor", Adevărul, June 24, 2014
- ^ (in Romanian) "Ioan Rus şi-a dat demisia din funcţia de ministru al Transporturilor", Mediafax, June 11, 2015