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Decebal Traian Remeş (born 26 June 1949) is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Maramureş County from 1996 to 2000. In the Radu Vasile and Mugur Isărescu cabinets, he served as Finance Minister from 1998 to 2000, while in the Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu cabinet, he was Minister of Agriculture during 2007. ==Biography== Born in Băseşti, Maramureş County, he graduated from the Economic Studies Faculty of the University of Iaşi in 1971. From that year until 1978, he was an economist at an electronics factory in Săcele, and from 1973 to 1978, he taught as assistant professor at the University of Braşov. From 1978 to 1980, he was an inspector at a firm in his native county, followed by a position as chief accountant at a railway parts manufacturer there, from 1980 to 1990. Following the 1989 Revolution, he was economic director and then director of a Baia Mare firm. From 1995 to 1996, he headed a bank in that city. He has eleven published articles about finance and accounting in an economic magazine.〔 (Profile ) at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site; accessed August 31, 2010〕 Joining the PNL in 1991, he was vice president of its Maramureş County chapter from 1992 to 1993 and president from 1993 to 1996. His first elective office came in 1992-1995, when he was vice president and then president of the Maramureş County Council.〔 Elected to the Chamber in 1996 on the lists of the victorious Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR), he served a four-year term there, sitting on the budget, finance and banking committee, including as president from 1997 to 1998.〔 (1996-2000 parliamentary profile ); accessed August 31, 2010〕 During this period, he was named Finance Minister in September 1998, following the dismissal of Daniel Dăianu, serving in the Vasile and Isărescu cabinets until December 2000, when the CDR lost power following an election.〔 (Radu Vasile Government ); accessed August 31, 2010〕〔 (Mugur Isărescu Government ); accessed August 31, 2010〕 As minister, he had to deal with the fallout from the 1998 Russian financial crisis, which threatened to bankrupt Romania.〔 During the summer of 2000, he submitted his resignation as minister due to the PNL's intention to form a left-wing alliance at the forthcoming elections; Isărescu rejected this, but he nonetheless left the PNL due to a perceived leftward shift in policy, to the party's nomination of Teodor Stolojan and not Isărescu to contest the upcoming presidential election, and to a rivalry with leading party figure Valeriu Stoica.〔''Europa World Year Book 2'', p.3512. Taylor & Francis, 2004. ISBN 1-85743-255-X〕〔''A Political Chronology of Europe'', p.256. Psychology Press, 2001. ISBN 1-85743-113-8〕〔Frank Sellin, "Democratization in the Shadows: Post-Communist Patrimonialism", in Henry F. Carey, ''Romania since 1989: Politics, Economics, and Society'', p.128. Lexington Books, 2004. ISBN 0-7391-0592-2〕 From 2001 to 2007, Remeş returned to private life, working as economic director for a Baia Mare agricultural firm. He also belonged to a number of political parties after quitting the PNL. He became head of a PNL splinter group in 2000, then joined the Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party in 2002 and People's Action, of which he was vice president, in 2003. He rejoined the PNL in 2005, serving as secretary general in 2006-2007, as well as head of the Maramureş County chapter during that period.〔 ; accessed August 31, 2010〕 Recalled to government, he served as Agriculture Minister under Tăriceanu from April to October 2007.〔 (Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Government ); accessed August 31, 2010〕 Prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) allege that businessman Gheorghe Ciorbă sent former Agriculture Minister Ioan Avram Mureşan to meet with Remeş and offer him €15,000, an Audi Q7, and products worth 1,500 lei: 100 L of palinka and 20 kg of pork offal sausage called ''caltaboşi''. In exchange, Remeş was to steer contracts to Ciorbă's businesses at public bids organised by his ministry.〔 Gabriela Ştefan, Ramona Lica, ("Palincă, euroi, caltaboş şi un Audi - şpagă pentru Remeş" ("Palinka, Euros, Caltaboş and an Audi - Bribes for Remeş") ), ''Gândul'', 7 October 2007; accessed August 31, 2010〕 During its prime-time newscast, Romanian Television (TVR) broadcast a video featuring Remeş allegedly accepting the bribe, leading to an outcry and his resignation. In the aftermath, Tăriceanu, rather than focus on what Remeş did, criticised TVR for carrying out the minister's "public execution", presaging a wider debate on the legitimacy of the airing.〔Pippa Norris, ''Public Sentinel: News Media & Governance Reform'', p.269. World Bank Publications, 2010. ISBN 0-8213-8200-4.〕 Suspended from the PNL for a year,〔 ("Remeş rămâne sub aripa PNL" ("Remeş Remains under PNL's Wing") ), ''Evenimentul Zilei'', 19 October 2007; accessed August 31, 2010〕 Remeş had criminal charges of influence peddling filed against him in June 2008.〔 ("Decebal Traian Remeş şi Ioan Avram Mureşan, trimişi în judecată" ("Decebal Traian Remeş and Ioan Avram Mureşan, Charges") ), Mediafax, 9 June 2008; accessed August 31, 2010〕 The following year, he announced his intention to sue DNA, TVR and the Presidency in order to find out who leaked the video that prompted his resignation, asserting that he was the victim of a political order for his elimination.〔 ("Decebal Traian Remeş va da în judecată Preşedinţia, DNA şi TVR" ("Decebal Traian Remeş to Sue Presidency, DNA and TVR") ), Mediafax, 10 November 2009; accessed August 31, 2010〕 In February 2012, he and Mureşan were both sentenced to three years' imprisonment, with Remeş ordered to pay restitution.〔 Andrei Aştefănesei, ("Remeş şi Mureşan – câte 3 ani de închisoare" ("Remeş and Mureşan – 3 Years' Imprisonment for Each") ), ''Adevărul'', 14 February 2012; accessed February 11, 2014〕 He was freed in February 2014.〔 Cosmin Carp, ("Decebal Traian Remeş a ieşit din închisoare" ("Decebal Traian Remeş Leaves Prison") ), ''Adevărul'', 11 February 2014; accessed February 11, 2014〕 He is married to Steliana Remeş.〔 ("Declaraţia de avere a ministrului Remeş, publicată pe site-ul Ministerului Agriculturii" ("Holding Declaration of Minister Remeş, Published on Agriculture Ministry Site") ), Mediafax, 23 October 2007; accessed August 31, 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Decebal Traian Remeș」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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