Mihai Tudose (born 6 March 1967, in

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) is a Romanian politician, deputy in the

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, a former Minister of Economy in 2017 and a former

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in 2018. On 16 January, 2018 he resigned from his position as Prime Minister after his own Social Democratic Party (PSD) retracted its political support for his government. He subsequently switched from PSD to Victor Ponta's party

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in 2019. On 6 January, 2020 he resigned from

and re-joined the

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(PSD)

Political career

Mihai Tudose joined politics in 1992, as a member of the

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(FDSN). Today, Tudose is member of the

(PSD) and its national vice president since 2015. He entered the

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in 2000 and was elected consecutively for five terms as deputy in

. Mihai Tudose was

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twice, between 2014 and 2015 in

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and between February and June 2017 in Grindeanu Cabinet. He was one of the potential candidates for Prime Minister brought forward by the majority coalition led by the

(PSD) to succeed

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after the latter was dismissed by a

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adopted in Parliament by his own party. On 26 June 2017, the majority coalition nominated him for the position and President

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designated him. He took office with his

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on 29 June.

Controversy

As a holder of a doctorate in Military Sciences and Information, Tudose was involved in a plagiarism scandal after media reports had alleged that he might have plagiarized some parts of his doctoral work. In the aftermath of the scandal, he relinquished the use of his scientific title. Commenting on the

Székely autonomy initiatives Székely may refer to: *Székelys, Hungarian people from the historical region of Transylvania, Romania **Székely Land, historic and ethnographic area in Transylvania, Romania *Székely (village), a village in northeastern Hungary * Székely (sur ...

and the use of their flag in public offices on 11 January 2018, Tudose said "If they fly Székely flags on institutions in

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, the people who put the flags out will also hang next to the flags. Autonomy for Székelys is excluded." Acting president of the

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(UDMR) Bálint Porcsalmi said that Tudose's statement was inadmissible, calling it "primitive" and "reminiscent of the Middle Ages". Seven days later, Tudose was forced to resign from his position, partly due to the comments and infighting and lack of confidence via his party.

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Political career

Controversy

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