Mădălin Voicu

Mădălin Voicu, 2009

Mădălin-Ştefan Voicu (born July 10, 1952 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian musician and politician from the Roma ethnic group .

Life

Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1996 . He is one of only two Roma politicians in the current parliament. The second is Nicolae Păun , who holds the guaranteed seat for the Roma minority.

He is the son of Ion Voicu , a well-known Romanian Roma musician. In his youth he was a close friend of Nicu Ceauşescu , the son of the Romanian communist leader Nicolae Ceauşescu , as well as of other young members of the nomenklatura .

Voicu graduated from the National University of Music, completed training as a conductor at various schools abroad and was active in orchestras in Craiova and Ploiești .

He began his political career as a member of the now dissolved Party for Freedom and Social Unity (Romanian Partidul Libertății și Unității Sociale , PLUS), then became active in the Social Democratic Party of the Roma and was elected to the minority seat in the House of Representatives in the 1996-2000 legislative period before campaigning for PSD in 2000.

On July 22, 2015, Voicu was appointed by Deputy Prime Minister Gabriel Oprea as the new head of the Consulate General of Romania in Bonn , but was unable to take up his post as planned on September 15, 2015 due to the withdrawal of the appointment by Prime Minister Victor Ponta .

Web links

Mădălin-Ştefan Voicu. In: cdep.ro . December 17, 2012(Romanian).; accessed on March 28, 2020
Cristina Vohn: Gaşca lui Nicu Ceauşescu. In: Jurnalul Național . February 20, 2006, archived from the original on February 27, 2006 (Romanian, German: "Nicu Ceauşescu's gang"; contains Voicus' own memories).; accessed on March 28, 2020

Individual evidence

^ Adrian Macarie: Mădălin Voicu, numit consul general al României la Bonn. In: Gândul. July 22, 2015, accessed March 28, 2020 (Romanian). Mădălin Voicu becomes Consul General in Bonn. In: General German newspaper for Romania . July 23, 2015, accessed March 28, 2020 . “Un ţigan reprezintă România în Germania”. Mădălin Voicu, numit consul general la Bonn. In: ziarulromanesc.de. July 23, 2015, archived from the original on June 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 28, 2020 (Romanian). Ovidiu Albu: Madalin Voicu a fost Revocat din pozitia de Consul general la Bonn. In: Aktuell24.ro. September 16, 2015, accessed March 28, 2020 (Romanian). Mădălin Voicu a renunțat la funcția de consul la Bonn: “Cineva a vrut să îmi pună piedică. Eu bănuiesc şi cine. E din România ”. In: ziarulromanesc.de. September 21, 2015, archived from the original on June 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 28, 2020 (Romanian).

personal data
SURNAME	Voicu, Mădălin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 10, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bucharest

[1] Adrian Macarie: Mădălin Voicu, numit consul general al României la Bonn. In: Gândul. July 22, 2015, accessed March 28, 2020 (Romanian). Mădălin Voicu becomes Consul General in Bonn. In: General German newspaper for Romania . July 23, 2015, accessed March 28, 2020 . “Un ţigan reprezintă România în Germania”. Mădălin Voicu, numit consul general la Bonn. In: ziarulromanesc.de. July 23, 2015, archived from the original on June 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 28, 2020 (Romanian). Ovidiu Albu: Madalin Voicu a fost Revocat din pozitia de Consul general la Bonn. In: Aktuell24.ro. September 16, 2015, accessed March 28, 2020 (Romanian). Mădălin Voicu a renunțat la funcția de consul la Bonn: “Cineva a vrut să îmi pună piedică. Eu bănuiesc şi cine. E din România ”. In: ziarulromanesc.de. September 21, 2015, archived from the original on June 25, 2016 ; accessed on March 28, 2020 (Romanian).