Adrian Severin
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Adrian Severin is a Romania
n politician and Member of the European Parliament
.
Adrian Severin started his politics career under the Communist rule, as Instructor (lector) at Ştefan Gheorghiu Academy
, the university for Romanian Communist cadres. After the regime change, he became a member of the National Salvation Front and the Democratic Party (which he left in April 1999). Severin was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania between December 12, 1996 and December 29, 1997, as part of the Victor Ciorbea
cabinet. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies in June-July 1990 before resigning, and again was a member of that body from 1992 until December 2007, when he resigned.
He is a member of the Social Democratic Party
, part of the Group of the Party of European Socialists
, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
Severin served as the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Belarus
from 2005 to 2006. He was member of PACE
from 1993 till 1997 and from 2003 till 2007. In 2011 the European Parliament
opened a formal investigation into alleged corruption by Severin and two other MEPs. The Romanian politician insisted he had done nothing that was "illegal or against any normal behavior". Mr. Severin is accused of accepting bribe in exchange for initiating some law amendment. Subsequently, he was called by the Leader of the SD Group in the European Parliament to resign. As he refused, he was suspended from his position as Deputy-Leader of the SD Group and needed to leave this Parliamentary Group.
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
n politician and Member of the European Parliament
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
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Adrian Severin started his politics career under the Communist rule, as Instructor (lector) at Ştefan Gheorghiu Academy
Stefan Gheorghiu Academy
The Ştefan Gheorghiu Academy The Ştefan Gheorghiu Academy The Ştefan Gheorghiu Academy (Romanian: Academia Ştefan Gheorghiu, in full: Academia de învăţămînt social-politic Ştefan Gheorghiu de pe lîngă CC al PCR - approx...
, the university for Romanian Communist cadres. After the regime change, he became a member of the National Salvation Front and the Democratic Party (which he left in April 1999). Severin was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania between December 12, 1996 and December 29, 1997, as part of the Victor Ciorbea
Victor Ciorbea
Victor Ciorbea is a Romanian politician. He was the Mayor of Bucharest in 1996-1997 and, after his resignation from office, Prime Minister of Romania from 12 December 1996 to 30 March 1998.-Biography:...
cabinet. He sat in the Chamber of Deputies in June-July 1990 before resigning, and again was a member of that body from 1992 until December 2007, when he resigned.
He is a member of the Social Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Romania)
The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always...
, part of the Group of the Party of European Socialists
Group of the Party of European Socialists
The Group of the Party of European Socialists was a political group of the European Parliament. It was made up of MEPs elected from the lists of member parties of the Party of European Socialists....
, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
Severin served as the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
from 2005 to 2006. He was member of PACE
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , which held its first session in Strasbourg on 10 August 1949, can be considered the oldest international parliamentary assembly with a pluralistic composition of democratically elected members of parliament established on the basis of an...
from 1993 till 1997 and from 2003 till 2007. In 2011 the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
opened a formal investigation into alleged corruption by Severin and two other MEPs. The Romanian politician insisted he had done nothing that was "illegal or against any normal behavior". Mr. Severin is accused of accepting bribe in exchange for initiating some law amendment. Subsequently, he was called by the Leader of the SD Group in the European Parliament to resign. As he refused, he was suspended from his position as Deputy-Leader of the SD Group and needed to leave this Parliamentary Group.
External links
- European Parliament profile
- European Parliament official photo
- Severin's report to PACE on rights of national minorities in Latvia, 2006
- Severin's reports on human rights in Belarus: 2005 (E/CN.4/2005/35),2006 (E/CN.4/2006/36), 2007 (A/HRC/4/16)
