Stelian-Cristian Ion (born 24 June 1977) is a

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n politician who served as Minister of Justice in the

Cîțu Cabinet The Cîțu Cabinet was the 131st government of Romania, led by the national liberal (PNL) Prime Minister Florin Cîțu. It was removed from office after a motion of no confidence passed by the Parliament with a record of 281 votes, the largest n ...

, led by Prime Minister

Florin Cîțu Florin Vasile Cîțu (; born 1 April 1972) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between December 2020 and November 2021 (acting/ad interim between October and November 2021). Between September 2021 and April 2022, he ...

, from 23 December 2020 to 1 September 2021. His sacking as Minister of Justice threatened the survival of

's coalition government, especially with the withdrawal of

USR PLUS USR PLUS was a Romanian progressive, liberal, and centrist political alliance active between 2019 and 2021. Established on 2 February 2019 solely as an electoral alliance between the political parties Save Romania Union (USR) and the Freedom, ...

party members and two motions of no confidence filed in less than a month, leading to a almost three-month long major political crisis in Romania.

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