Varujan Vosganian
| Varujan Vosganian | |
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| Minister of Economy and Finance | |
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In office 4 April 2007 – 22 December 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Preceded by | Himself (Economy and Finance) |
| Succeeded by |
Adriean Videanu (Economy) Gheorghe Pogea (Finance) |
| Minister of Economy and Commerce | |
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In office December 2006 – 4 April 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Preceded by | Codruţ Şereş |
| Succeeded by | Himself (Economy and Finance) |
| Minister of Economy | |
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In office December 2012 – October 2013 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 July 1958 Craiova, Romania |
| Political party |
The Union of Armenians in Romania (Deputy during 1990–1996) Union of Right Forces (1996–2003, Senator during 1996–2000) National Liberal Party (2003–2015, Senator during 2004–2016) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) (Deputy during 2016–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Mihaela Vosganian |
| Children | Armine |
| Alma mater |
Bucharest University of Economic Studies University of Bucharest |
| Website | Official website |
Varujan Vosganian (Romanian pronunciation: [varuˈʒan vosɡaˈnjan]; Armenian: Վարուժան Ոսկանյան, born on 25 July 1958) is a Romanian politician, economist, essayist and poet of Armenian origin. Vosganian was Romania's Minister of Economy and Commerce (2006–2008) in the Tăriceanu cabinet and Minister of Economy in the Ponta cabinet (2012–2013). He is the President of The Union of Armenians in Romania (UAR, 1990–present) and the Prime-vice president of the Union of Writers in Romania (2005–present). His books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Varujan Vosganian was born in Craiova to a family of Armenian ethnicity. His grandparents were survivors of the genocide against Armenian people which took place in the Ottoman Empire in 1915. Vosganian studied at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza High School in Focşani. He then studied Commerce at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (graduated 1982) and Mathematics at the University of Bucharest (graduated 1991), gaining a Ph.D. in economics in 1998.
After participating to the Romanian Revolution in 1989, he has been a member of the Romanian Parliament since first free elections in 1990. In 1990, he became president of The Union of Armenians in Romania and he was twice (1990–1992 and 1992–1996) elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and a Senator (1996–2000, on the lists of the Union of Right Forces, and 2004–2016, on the lists of the National Liberal Party. Between 1996 and 2003, he was the leader of the Union of Right Forces (Uniunea Forţelor de Dreapta), a right wing liberal party, which was eventually merged into the National Liberal Party in 2003. Having served as minister for Economy and Finance between 2006–2008, Vosganian was minister of commerce from 2012 to 2013.
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