Ovidiu Ganț

Ovidiu Victor Ganț (born August 18, 1966 in Deta , Timiș District , Socialist Republic of Romania ) is a Romanian-German politician of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (DFDR). He belongs to the German-speaking minority of the Banat Swabians .

Life

After various positions as a teacher in the Banat , including as headmaster of the Nikolaus Lenau Lyceum in Timișoara from 1992 to 2001 , Ganț held the post of undersecretary of state in the department for interethnic relations of the Romanian government from 2001 to 2004. From 2004 to 2008 he was vice-chairman of the Banat organization of the DFDR, since 2004 he has been a member of the Romanian parliament and belongs to the parliamentary group of national and ethnic minorities.

From 2005 to 2006 Ganț was a member of the Romanian observer delegation in the European Parliament . After Romania's accession to the European Union , he was in 2007 a member of the European Parliament and belonged to the Group EPP-ED on. As an MEP he was a member of the Committee on Culture and Education .

In February 2017, he resigned as deputy chairman of the minority group in protest at the easing of the Romanian anti-corruption regime.

Honors

2008: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
2008: Honterus Medal of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Transylvania
2010: Badge of Honor of the Democratic Forum of Germans in the Banat
2010: Golden coat of arms of honor of the Union of the Transylvanian Saxons in Germany
2015: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany

Web links

Entry on Ovidiu Ganț in the European Parliament 's database of deputies

Individual evidence

↑ City administration remains persistent in the construction project . In: General German newspaper for Romania from August 30, 2007.
↑ Curriculum Vitae Ovidiu Victor Ganţ . In: cdep.ro
^ Political crisis of confidence in Romania . In: Siebenbürgische Zeitung of February 14, 2017.
↑ Deputy Ovidiu Ganț awarded the Federal Cross of Merit . In: temeswar.diplo.de of December 9, 2008.
^ Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class for Ovidiu Gant. ( Memento from February 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: Radio Timisoara from March 9, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Ganț, Ovidiu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ganț, Ovidiu Victor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian politician, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH	18th August 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	Deta , Timiș County , Romania

[1] City administration remains persistent in the construction project . In: General German newspaper for Romania from August 30, 2007.

[2] Curriculum Vitae Ovidiu Victor Ganţ . In: cdep.ro

[3] Political crisis of confidence in Romania . In: Siebenbürgische Zeitung of February 14, 2017.

[4] Deputy Ovidiu Ganț awarded the Federal Cross of Merit . In: temeswar.diplo.de of December 9, 2008.

[5] Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class for Ovidiu Gant. ( Memento from February 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: Radio Timisoara from March 9, 2015.