Nicolae Păun (born 9 November 1964) is a

Romani Romani may refer to: Ethnicities * Romani people, an ethnic group of Northern Indian origin, living dispersed in Europe, the Americas and Asia ** Romani genocide, under Nazi rule * Romani language, any of several Indo-Aryan languages of the Roma ...

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n politician. He is the president of the

Party of the Roma The Party of the Roma ( ro, Partida Romilor „Pro Europa”, PRPE; rmy, Partida le Romenge), known until 2008 as Social Democratic Party of the Roma ( ro, Partida Romilor Social-Democrată, PRS-D), is a political party in Romania representing ...

, and has held the one reserved seat for Romani people in the

Romanian Chamber of Deputies ); – Committee for Industries and Services ( ro, Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure ( ro, Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Indu ...

since 2000. Since 2000, he has also been the president of the Committee for Human Rights, Religious Affairs and National Minorities in the Chamber of Deputies. Nicolae Păun is one of only two ethnic Romani members of parliament in Romania, the other one being

Mădălin Voicu Mădălin Ştefan Voicu (born 10 July 1952, in Bucharest) is a Romanian musician and politician of Romani ethnicity. Voicu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and has been a parliamentarian in the Chamber of Deputies since 1996. He ...

of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

External links

Nicolae Păun's page at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian Romani people Romani politicians Romanian politicians of ethnic minority parties 1964 births Living people {{Romania-bio-stub