Florin Claudiu Roman (born 22 April 1974) is a

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n politician, incumbent member of the Romanian

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since 2016. He served from 18 October 2021 to 2 November 2021 as interim

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, after the resignation of

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on 13 October, and as Minister of Digitalization in the

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from 25 November to 15 December 2021, when he resigned on the grounds of accusations of plagiarism, and significant irregularities on his

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. The plagiarism concerns were raised in the newspaper ''

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'', who explained they could not locate an academic paper that was listed on his CV and there were concerns raised about misleading statements regarding which university he attended.

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Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) politicians National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Living people 1974 births Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Romanian Cabinet {{Romania-politician-stub