Vasile Duță (July 2, 1955 – May 20, 2016) was a Romanian politician. He was a member of the

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(2000–2004) for

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. Initially affiliated with the

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, he served as an independent from May 2001 through December 2002, and then through October 2004 with the

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, after which he reverted to an independent. In 2010, Duță was convicted of

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and received a five-year sentence.

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