Восканян Варужан
| Восканян Варужан | |
| Vosganian Varujan | |
| На английском: | Vosganian Varujan |
| Краткая информация: Политик, экономист, эссеист, поэт | |
Биография
Varujan Vosganian (born 25 July 1958) is a Romanian politician, economist, essayist, and poet of Armenian ethnicity. As of 2006, he is a member of the National Liberal Party and is Romania's Minister of Economy and Commerce in the Tăriceanu cabinet.
Born in Craiova, Vosganian studied at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza High School in Focşani. He then studied Commerce at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (graduated 1982) and Mathematics at the University of Bucharest (graduated 1991), gaining a Ph.D. in economics in 1998.
In 1990, he became president of the Armenians' Union of Romania and he was twice (1990-1992 and 1992-1996) elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and twice a Senator (1996-2000 and 2004-2008), on the lists of the National Liberal Party.
Between 1996 and 2003, he was the leader of Uniunea Forţelor de Dreapta, a small right wing liberal party, which was eventually merged into the National Liberal Party.
Vosganian has written several books, especially on economics and politics, but also fiction and poetry. He is a member of the Romanian Writers' Union, and since 2005, he has served as its vice president. Vosganian is also a leading member of the Romanian Humorists' Association.
In October 2006, he was nominated to be a member of the European Commission after Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007. After his nomination, some Romanian newspapers claimed that he was a Securitate informer, but the charges were disproved within days and the National Council for Studying the Securitate's Archives (CNSAS) announced that he did not collaborate with the Securitate. Vosganian intends to sue the newspaper.
Moreover, leading EU Socialists claimed he had no "European profile" and was "on the payroll of big economic tycoons". As a consequence, Vosganian decided to retract his candidature on 28 October.
In December 2006, he was named Minister of Economy and commerce.
