Rovana Plumb (born 22 June 1960) is a Romanian politician of the

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(PSD). She was appointed Minister of Environment and Forests (now Minister of Environment and Climate Change) on 7 May 2012. From 5 March 2014 to 9 November 2015, she was the Minister of Labor, Family, Social Protection and Elderly in the Government of Romania. In March 2015, Rovana Plumb was elected President of the National Council of PSD.

Early life and education

Plumb attended the

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(ASE).

Political career

Plumb served as a member of the

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from 2004 to 2007 and the

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from 2009 to 2012. In that capacity, she was a member of the

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(2007–2012). Following the 2019 European elections, Plumb rejoined the

and was elected vice-chair of the S&D Group, under the leadership of chairwoman

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. She also joined the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Controversy

Plumb was named in a corruption case in 2017, in which she was accused of aiding the leader of her Social Democratic Party (PSD) in an illicit real estate deal involving ownership of an island in the

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.David M. Herszenhorn and Maïa de La Baume (September 12, 2019)
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* 1960 births 21st-century Romanian women politicians Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies alumni Living people Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) MEPs for Romania 2007–2009 MEPs for Romania 2009–2014 MEPs for Romania 2019–2024 Politicians from Bucharest Ministers of the environment of Romania Ministers of labor of Romania Social Democratic Party (Romania) MEPs Women members of the Romanian Cabinet Women MEPs for Romania {{Romania-MEP-stub