Corneliu Chisu
| Corneliu Chisu | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Pickering—Scarborough East |
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In office May 2, 2011 – 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Dan McTeague |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer O'Connell (Pickering—Uxbridge) |
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February 13, 1949 Satu Mare, Romania |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | Royal Corps of Military Engineers, 2 Area Support Group |
| Battles/wars | Nato missions in Balkans, Afghanistan |
Corneliu Emil Eugen Chisu (born February 13, 1949) is a Romanian-born Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election. He represented the riding of Pickering—Scarborough East as a member of the Conservative Party before being defeated by Jennifer O'Connell in the 2015 Canadian federal election in the redistributed riding of Pickering—Uxbridge.
Chisu was born in Satu Mare, Romania, and he attended high school at Mihai Eminescu National College. He graduated from Polytechnic University of Bucharest in 1971 with a degree in engineering physics. He worked as a researcher at the Research Energy Institute in Bucharest and as a teaching assistant at the Polytechnic University while pursuing his Ph.D., specializing in the field of photovoltaic conversion of solar energy. In 1976 he joined the Italian Trade Commission in Bucharest as a trade analyst. He emigrated to Italy in 1981, and to Canada in 1982.
In Canada Chisu worked at the Italian Trade Commission in Toronto as a senior trade analyst in the field of industrial cooperation in the manufactured goods area, and pursued his Master of Engineering degree at the University of Toronto, from which he graduated in 1988. In 1989 he was certified as a professional engineer.
He also acted for several years as the honorary consul of the Republic of Moldova in Toronto. He was recognized for his work by the President of Moldova, who conferred on him the Medal of Civic Merit in 2012.
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