Iosif Matula (born August 23, 1958) is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 to 2014.

Biography

He was born in Tămaşda, Bihor County, Romania and following secondary studies at the Theoretical High School in Chişineu-Criş from 1973 to 1977, from that year until 1980 he was a worker, receiver and distributor at the Dacia service station in Arad. From 1980 to 1985, he studied at the Chemical Technology Faculty of Babeş-Bolyai University in

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, receiving the diploma of a chemical engineer. From 1985 to 1991 he worked as such at the Salonta division of an

Oradea Oradea (, , ; german: Großwardein ; hu, Nagyvárad ) is a city in Romania, located in Crișana, a sub-region of Transylvania. The county seat, seat of Bihor County, Oradea is one of the most important economic, social and cultural centers in the ...

wood preparation company, in the laboratory and production sections. From 1991 to 2008, he was a teacher at the Chişineu-Criş Theoretical High School. Meanwhile, Matula continued his education, in particular studying Chemistry and Physics at Babeş-Bolyai from 1997 to 2001 and earning a license to teach those subjects; and earning a master's degree in Economics, with the specialty of management and finance in public administration, from the

Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad is a public university founded in 1990 in Arad, Romania. It was named in honor of the Romanian engineer and aviation pioneer Aurel Vlaicu. Overview Started in 1972, as the Arad Institute of Sub-Engineers, the ins ...

in 2007.Curriculum Vitae
at Matula's personal site; accessed October 24, 2009 Matula joined the Democratic Party (PD; evolved into PDL in 2007) in 1999, becoming vice president of its

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center ...

chapter in 2006. From 2000 to 2004, he was the deputy mayor of Chişineu-Criş. From 2005, following the departure of his predecessor

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, to 2008, he served as president of the Arad County Council, followed by a stint as its vice president from local elections in 2008 to 2009. He ran for the European Parliament in 2007, but at thirteenth position on the party list, did not win a seat. In January 2009, following the resignation of five Romanian MEPs to take other political offices, Matula was named to replace one of them."Vicepreşedintele CJ Arad, Iosif Matula, va fi europarlamentar" ("Arad County Council Vice President Iosif Matula to be MEP")
frontnews.ro, 7 January 2009; accessed October 24, 2009 During the first months of that year,

Elena Băsescu Elena Băsescu, sometimes referred to as EBA, (born 24 April 1980 in Constanța) is a Romanian politician, the former secretary general of the youth wing of Romania's Democratic Liberal Party, and a Member of the European Parliament between 20 ...

, daughter of President Traian Băsescu, served as an intern in his office. At the election that June, this time placed at sixth position, he won a full five-year term in the European Parliament, as did Elena Băsescu."Ei sunt cei 33 de europarlamentari aleşi de români" ("Here Are the 33 MEPs Elected by Romanians")
''Evenimentul Zilei'', 9 June 2009; accessed October 24, 2009 In the parliament, he sat on the Committee on Regional Development.European Parliament profile
accessed October 24, 2009

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External links

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Official site

European Parliament profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matula, Iosif Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Councillors in Romania Romanian engineers Romanian schoolteachers People from Bihor County Babeș-Bolyai University alumni 1958 births Living people Democratic Liberal Party (Romania) MEPs MEPs for Romania 2009–2014