Nicolae Păun is a Romani-Romania

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. He is the president of the Party of the Roma

Party of the Roma

The Party of the Roma , formerly known as Social Democratic Party of the Roma , is a political party in Romania representing the Romani minority...

, and has held the one reserved seat

Romanian ethnic minorities parties

The Romanian Constitution , under the contitions imposed by the Electoral Law, reserves a seat in the Chamber of Deputies for the party and cultural association of each ethnic minority in Romania...

 for Romani people in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies since 2000. Since 2000, he is also the president of the Committee for Human Rights, Religious Affairs and National Minorities in the Chamber of Deputies.

Nicolae Păun is one of only two ethnic Romani members of parliament in Romania, the other one being Mădălin Voicu

Madalin Voicu

Mădălin Ştefan Voicu is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party , and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996...

 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...

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External links

• Nicolae Păun's page at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies