Valeriu Tabără
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Valeriu Tabără is a Romania
n agronomist and politician. A member of the Romanian National Unity Party
(PUNR) and later the Democratic Liberal Party
(PD-L), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies
for Timiş County
from 1992 to 2000, representing the same county since 2004. In the Nicolae Văcăroiu
cabinet, he was Minister of Agriculture
from 1994 to 1996, and he has held the same position in the Emil Boc
cabinet since 2010.
, Alba County
, and in 1967 completed secondary studies at the high school in Baia de Arieş
. From then until the following year, Tabără attended the Technical Financial School, and from 1968 to 1973, studied at the Timişoara Agronomy Institute, becoming an agronomic engineer upon graduation and earning a doctorate in Agronomy in 1984. From 1973 to 1977, he worked as a researcher at a limited joint stock company in Lovrin
. Beginning his teaching career in 1977 at the Banat University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
, from that year until 1986, he was assistant lecturer. He advanced to senior lecturer, holding that position until 1991, and was then lecturer from 1991 to 1996. Since that year, he has been a university professor. Also, since 2001, he is again a researcher at the Lovrin firm where he worked previously. He has authored and coordinated over 220 published scientific works, is the sole author of three books and co-author of five others, and has led the thesis committee at his university since 2004.
From 1972 to 1989, Tabără belonged to the ruling Romanian Communist Party
. Following the fall
of the Communist regime
, in 1991 he joined the PUNR, serving as its vice president from 1992 to 1997, a period that included his first stint as Agriculture Minister from August 1994 to September 1996, during the time of the Red Quadrilateral
. In 1997, he became PUNR president, with the moderate nationalist Tabără taking control of the party from the more vocal Gheorghe Funar
, prompting a massive split, with the latter taking his wing of the party into Corneliu Vadim Tudor
's Greater Romania Party
. As leader, he focused on concrete issues ranging from education to self-government of minorities
, contrasting with his predecessor's vocal identity politics and in the process abandoning a means of competition with the Social Democrats
, long installed as a moderate nationalist party. He ceased being leader in 2001, when he left the party. In 2002 he entered the PD (which evolved into the PD-L in 2008), serving on its permanent national bureau until 2004, and as vice president of its Timiş County chapter since then. His first public office was on the prefectural
administrative council of Timiş County (1991–1992), and he has served on the Timiş County Council since 2004. In the Chamber, he has served on the committees on agriculture, forestry, food industry and specific services (1992–1993, 1995-, including as president since 2008) and foreign policy (1993–1995). From 1993 to 1994 and 1996 to 2000, he led the PUNR group in the Chamber, and was deputy leader of the PD-L group there from 2005 to 2008. In September 2010, Tabără was again named to the Agriculture Ministry by Boc, following a cabinet reshuffle.
He and his wife Silvia have a daughter and a son.
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 agronomist and politician. A member of the Romanian National Unity Party
Romanian National Unity Party
The Romanian National Unity Party was a political party in Romania between 1990 and 2006.PUNR was the first nationalist party in post-Communist Romania, created in 1990....
(PUNR) and later the Democratic Liberal Party
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)
The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...
(PD-L), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies of Romania
The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house in Romania's bicameral parliament. It has 315 seats, to which deputies are elected by direct popular vote on a proportional representation basis to serve four-year terms...
for Timiş County
Timis County
Timiș , , Banat Bulgarian: ) is a county of western Romania, in the historical region Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the largest county in Romania in terms of land area....
from 1992 to 2000, representing the same county since 2004. In the Nicolae Văcăroiu
Nicolae Vacaroiu
Nicolae Văcăroiu is a Romanian politician, member of the Social Democratic Party, who served as Prime Minister between 1992 and 1996. Before the 1989 Revolution he worked at the Committee for State Planning, together with Theodor Stolojan....
cabinet, he was Minister of Agriculture
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Romania)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Romania is one of the nineteen ministries of the Government of Romania.The current Minister is Valeriu Tabără. The first post-Communist Minister of Agriculture was Victor Surdu....
from 1994 to 1996, and he has held the same position in the Emil Boc
Emil Boc
Emil Boc is the Prime Minister of Romania, having served since December 2008. In June 2004, he was elected Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city in Transylvania. Boc is also the president of the Democratic Liberal Party, who designated him as Prime Minister in 2008. On October 13, 2009, his...
cabinet since 2010.
Biography
He was born in SălciuaSalciua
Sălciua is a commune located in Alba County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Dealu Caselor , Dumeşti, Sălciua de Jos , Sălciua de Sus , Sub Piatră and Valea Largă . It has a population of 1,785.-References:...
, Alba County
Alba County
Alba is a county of Romania, in Transylvania, its capital city being Alba-Iulia with a population of 66,406.- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 382,747 and the population density was 61/km².* Romanians - 90.4%* Hungarians - 5.4%...
, and in 1967 completed secondary studies at the high school in Baia de Arieş
Baia de Aries
Baia de Arieș is a town in Alba County, Romania. It administers five villages: Brăzești, Cioara de Sus, Muncelu, Sartăș and Simulești...
. From then until the following year, Tabără attended the Technical Financial School, and from 1968 to 1973, studied at the Timişoara Agronomy Institute, becoming an agronomic engineer upon graduation and earning a doctorate in Agronomy in 1984. From 1973 to 1977, he worked as a researcher at a limited joint stock company in Lovrin
Lovrin
Lovrin is a commune in Timiş County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Lovrin. It also included three other villages until 2004, when they were split off to form Gottlob and Tomnatic Communes....
. Beginning his teaching career in 1977 at the Banat University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Banat University of Agronomical Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine is a university in Timişoara, Romania which specializes in life sciences. The former Agricultural Institute Timişoara was established at the Polytechnic University of Timişoara by Royal Decree in 1945...
, from that year until 1986, he was assistant lecturer. He advanced to senior lecturer, holding that position until 1991, and was then lecturer from 1991 to 1996. Since that year, he has been a university professor. Also, since 2001, he is again a researcher at the Lovrin firm where he worked previously. He has authored and coordinated over 220 published scientific works, is the sole author of three books and co-author of five others, and has led the thesis committee at his university since 2004.
From 1972 to 1989, Tabără belonged to the ruling Romanian Communist Party
Romanian Communist Party
The Romanian Communist Party was a communist political party in Romania. Successor to the Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to communist revolution and the disestablishment of Greater Romania. The PCR was a minor and illegal grouping for much of the...
. Following the fall
Romanian Revolution of 1989
The Romanian Revolution of 1989 was a series of riots and clashes in December 1989. These were part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several Warsaw Pact countries...
of the Communist regime
Communist Romania
Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...
, in 1991 he joined the PUNR, serving as its vice president from 1992 to 1997, a period that included his first stint as Agriculture Minister from August 1994 to September 1996, during the time of the Red Quadrilateral
Red Quadrilateral
The Red Quadrilateral was a term used to describe the Romanian government between the 1992 and 1996 legislative elections...
. In 1997, he became PUNR president, with the moderate nationalist Tabără taking control of the party from the more vocal Gheorghe Funar
Gheorghe Funar
Gheorghe Funar is a nationalist Romanian politician, who rose to fame as mayor of Cluj-Napoca between 1992 and 2004-Biography:...
, prompting a massive split, with the latter taking his wing of the party into Corneliu Vadim Tudor
Corneliu Vadim Tudor
Corneliu Vadim Tudor is leader of the Greater Romania Party , writer, journalist and a Member of the European Parliament...
's Greater Romania Party
Greater Romania Party
The Greater Romania Party is a Romanian radical right-wing, ultra-nationalist political party, led by Corneliu Vadim Tudor. The party is sometimes referred to in English as the Great Romania Party....
. As leader, he focused on concrete issues ranging from education to self-government of minorities
Minorities of Romania
Officially, 10.5% of Romania's population is represented by minorities . The principal minorities in Romania are Hungarians and Roma people, with a declining German population and smaller numbers of Poles in Bucovina...
, contrasting with his predecessor's vocal identity politics and in the process abandoning a means of competition with the Social Democrats
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...
, long installed as a moderate nationalist party. He ceased being leader in 2001, when he left the party. In 2002 he entered the PD (which evolved into the PD-L in 2008), serving on its permanent national bureau until 2004, and as vice president of its Timiş County chapter since then. His first public office was on the prefectural
Prefect (Romania)
A prefect in Romania represents the Government in each of the country's 41 counties, as well as the Municipality of Bucharest.-Attributes:The main attributes of prefects are defined at Article 123 of the Constitution of Romania:...
administrative council of Timiş County (1991–1992), and he has served on the Timiş County Council since 2004. In the Chamber, he has served on the committees on agriculture, forestry, food industry and specific services (1992–1993, 1995-, including as president since 2008) and foreign policy (1993–1995). From 1993 to 1994 and 1996 to 2000, he led the PUNR group in the Chamber, and was deputy leader of the PD-L group there from 2005 to 2008. In September 2010, Tabără was again named to the Agriculture Ministry by Boc, following a cabinet reshuffle.
He and his wife Silvia have a daughter and a son.