Tudorel Toader (born 25 March 1960, in Vulturu,

Vrancea County Vrancea () is a county (județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...

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) is a

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and

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. Between 1982 and 1986, Toader studied at The Law University at "Al.I. Cuza" Iași. In 2006 he was appointed judge at the

Constitutional Court of Romania The Constitutional Court of Romania ( ro, Curtea Constituțională a României) is the institution which rules on whether the laws, decrees or other bills enacted by Romanian authorities are in conformity with the Constitution. It consists of nin ...

by the

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for a year and re-appointed in 2007 to serve in that capacity until 2016. Toader was

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a Ministry (government department), ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of ju ...

in the

Grindeanu Cabinet The Grindeanu cabinet was the 126th government of Romania which was formed after the 2016 legislative election. It was led by Sorin Grindeanu, who assumed office as Prime Minister on 4 January up until the end of his term on 29 June 2017. The ...

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, and

Dăncilă Cabinet The Dăncilă Cabinet was the 128th Government of Romania. It was led by Viorica Dăncilă, who assumed office as Prime Minister of Romania along with her cabinet on 29 January 2018. Led by Viorica Dăncilă, this cabinet was constituted and sup ...

from 23 February 2017 to 24 April 2019.

Education and formation

* Unirea High School of

Focșani Focșani (; yi, פֿאָקשאַן, Fokshan) is the capital city of Vrancea County in Romania on the banks the river Milcov, in the historical region of Moldavia. It has a population () of 79,315. Geography Focșani lies at the foot of the Cur ...

; * Faculty of Law,

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mi ...

, between 1982 and 1986; * The National Defence College within the National Defence University "Carol I", in 2004.

Qualification awarded

* Bachelor's degree in Law * PhD in Law, Criminal Procedure Law

Academic

* University assistant, 1990–1993; * University lecturer, 1993–1998; * University reader, 1998–2002; * University professor, since 2003 onwards.

Career

Judicial practice

* Public prosecutor within the Panciu Prosecutor's Office; Vrancea County, 1986–1990; * Lawyer in the Iaşi Bar Association, from 1991 until September 2006; * Judge of the Constitutional Court of Romania, since 2006 onwards.

Ministry of Justice

He was invested for the first time as

in February 2017. In 2018, he started the procedure which led to the dismissal of

Laura Codruța Kövesi Laura Codruța Kövesi (; ; born 15 May 1973) is the first European Chief Prosecutor and the former chief prosecutor of Romania's National Anticorruption Directorate ( ro, Direcția Națională Anticorupție - DNA, links=no), a position she hel ...

, the chief anti-corruption prosecutor of the

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(DNA).

Tenured professor teaching the following courses

* Criminology, 1993–1996; * Criminal Law. Special Part, since 1994; * Offences regulated by special laws, since 1999; * European Criminal Law, since 2000.

References

1960 births Living people People from Vrancea County 20th-century Romanian lawyers 21st-century Romanian judges Romanian Ministers of Justice Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni Alexandru Ioan Cuza University faculty Rectors of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University {{law-bio-stub