Ioan Rus

Ioan Rus
Ioan Rus (2012)
Interior Minister
In office
28 December 2000 – 11 March 2004
PresidentIon Iliescu
Prime MinisterAdrian Năstase
Preceded byConstantin Dudu Ionescu
Succeeded byMarian Săniuță
In office
7 May 2012 – 6 August 2012
PresidentTraian Băsescu
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byGabriel Berca
Succeeded byMircea Dușa
Transport Minister
In office
24 June 2014 – 16 July 2015
PresidentTraian Băsescu
Klaus Johannis
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byDan Șova
Succeeded byIulian Matache
Personal details
Born (1955-02-21) 21 February 1955 (age 69)
Urișor, Cluj County, Romania
CitizenshipRomania
Political partyPSD
Alma materTechnical University of Cluj-Napoca
Occupationpolitician
engineer

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

  1. ^ (in Romanian) Curriculum vitae at politicaromaneasca.ro
  2. ^ (in Romanian) "Ioan Rus şi Victor Paul Dobre au demisionat", Mediafax, August 6, 2012
  3. ^ (in Romanian) Remus Florescu, "Cine este Ioan Rus, viitorul ministru al Transporturilor", Adevărul, June 24, 2014
  4. ^ (in Romanian) "Ioan Rus şi-a dat demisia din funcţia de ministru al Transporturilor", Mediafax, June 11, 2015