Nicolae Nemirschi (born March 9, 1959) is a

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n engineer and politician. A member of the

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(PSD), he was Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development in the

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cabinet from 2008 to 2009. He is married and has two children.Profile at the Romanian Government site
retrieved May 23, 2009

Biography

He was born in Constanţa"Nicolae Nemirschi - biografie" ("Nicolae Nemirschi - Biography")
''Adevărul'', 18 December 2008; retrieved May 23, 2009 and attended the Bucharest Civil Engineering Institute from 1979 to 1984, studying in the Faculty of Civil Engineering Plumbing. From 2005 to 2007, he worked on a master's degree in European Social Law at

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, and since 2008 has been pursuing a doctorate at the

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University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine. From 1984 to 1987, Nemirschi worked in Constanţa as an engineer at a hydro-technical construction facility for the

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. From 1987 to 1990, he headed the technical division of the

Mamaia Mamaia () is a resort on the Romanian Black Sea shore and a district of Constanța. Considered to be Romania's most popular resort, Mamaia is situated immediately north-east of Constanța's city center. It has almost no full-time residents, being ...

hotel and restaurant enterprise. From 1990 to 1992, he was assistant director of a travel agency in that town, while from 1992 to 2000, he was shareholder and administrator at another tourist facility there. From 1998 to 2000, he headed the Constanţa chapter of the national assessors' association, also leading the Mamaia employers' association from 1999 to 2000. From 2000 to 2001, he led the heritage directorate at Constanţa City Hall, and from 2001 to 2004, he was the city's chief architect in the urbanism directorate. Nemirschi joined the PSD in 2002. From 2004 to 2008, he was the city's deputy mayor; in 2008, in addition to serving as city councillor, he was vice president of the national coastal area committee. From 2007 to 2008, he was president of the

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; reportedly, the institution's only activity during his term was the raising of informational placards in the area's towns. Following the 2008 election, he was named Environment Minister."Guvern de regăţeni, cu 'moţ' ardelean" ("Old Kingdom Government, with a Few Transylvanians")
, ''Adevărul'', 19 December 2008; retrieved May 23, 2009 Among his initiatives were a tax on plastic bags and the Green House programme for heating homes with solar, biomass or geothermal energy; he also announced a planned crackdown on Romanians registering more heavily polluting automobiles in

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. He supported legislation to impose a uniform tax on polluters based on the quantities they emit by 2010, in particular aimed at alleviating serious air quality issues in Bucharest, as well as granting state subsidies for replacing outdated tractors. Nemirschi is close to his former superior, Constanţa Mayor

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, and approved a Constanţa-Mamaia highway shortly after taking office; this had been blocked by two of Nemirschi's predecessors,

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and

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. He defended his ties to the mayor (who pushed for his appointment), noting he was the first government minister from Constanţa since the 1989 Revolution, and asserted there was no reason for environmental concern over the highway. Among his other priorities were solving the issue of garbage heaps in line with

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directives, remaining advised of the Roşia Montană mining project,"Nemirschi: În cazul gropilor de gunoi argumentul e că ne pute în faţa uşii, nu că cere UE" ("Nemirschi: In the Trash Heaps Case, the Argument Is That It Stinks before Our Doors, Not That the EU Asks for It")
Mediafax, 21 May 2009; retrieved May 23, 2009 and addressing the impact of

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on Romania, particularly when it comes to

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and the spread of the

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. Together with his PSD colleagues, Nemirschi resigned from the cabinet on October 1, 2009, in protest at the dismissal of vice prime minister and Interior Minister

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."Miniştrii PSD şi-au depus demisiile la cabinetul premierului Emil Boc" ("PSD Ministers Submit Their Resignations in the Office of Prime Minister Emil Boc")
Mediafax, 1 October 2009; accessed October 1, 2009

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nemirschi, Nicolae Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians Ministers of the environment of Romania Romanian engineers People from Constanța 1959 births Living people Ovidius University of Constanța alumni