Negiat Sali (born September 4, 1953) is a

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n citizen economist and politician of turkish/tatar origin, a member of the

Democratic Union of Turco-Islamic Tatars of Romania The Democratic Union of Turkic-Muslim Tatars of Romania is an ethnic minority political party in Romania representing the Tatar community. History The party was formed on 29 December 1989 as the Turkish Muslim Democratic Union of Romania (''Uni ...

(UDTTMR) and former member of the

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in 2000-2004.

Biography

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member of the Tatar minority and graduate of the

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

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, Faculty of Finance and Accounting, he was first employed as a construction worker before the fall of the Communist Romania, Communist regime, present on the building site of the Danube-Black Sea Canal in 1980-1982.Profile at the Chamber of Deputies site
/ref> From 1982 until 2000, he worked at the Murfatlar Vineyard research station. In 1990, after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Romanian Revolution, Sali was among the founding members of the UDTTMR. He became the Union's Vice President the following year (serving until 1993), and its President in 1997 (ending his mandate in 2000). Elected to the Chamber for Constanța County during the 2000 Romanian legislative election, 2000 suffrage, he sat with the Ethnic Minority group, and served on the Committee for Budget, Finance and Banks, and on the Committee for Regulation. In late 2001, following the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City, he contended that Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist groupings had attempted to infiltrate the UDTTMR and the Romanian Tatar community at large, but that the Union had rejected all collaboration."Tătari. Situaţia actuală"
at divers.ro In his view, this information was reflected in reports presented by the Serviciul Român de Informații, Intelligence Service). Negiat Sali is noted for his views in respect to the total number of Tatars in Romania, arguing that the community is subject to under-counting, due to the alleged tendency of its members to declare Romanians, Romanian ethnicity in censuses."Tătarii nu recunosc rezultatele recensamîntului"
at divers.ro According to Sali, this practice has reduced the number of Tatars from approx. 70,000 to approx. 55,000 people.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sali, Negiat Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies alumni Romanian economists Romanian Muslims Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian politicians of ethnic minority parties Romanian people of Crimean Tatar descent 1953 births Living people