Victor Sebastian Costache (born 18 March 1974) was the

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from 4 November 2019 to 26 March 2020 when he resigned in the midst of the

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. He was succeeded as Minister of Health by

Nelu Tătaru Nelu Tătaru (born September 30, 1972) is a Romanian politician. He was born in Vaslui and studied medicine at the Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iași. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he was elected to the ...

. Born in

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, he studied from 1992 at the

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mih ...

in the city, graduating in 1999 with an MD degree from the

Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy ( ro, Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Grigore T. Popa”, or UMF Iași) is a public university-level medical school located in Iași, Romania. Named in honor of the scientist Grigore ...

. He did his residency in Romania and

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, with specialization in

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and

thoracic surgery Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal struc ...

. After working for over 10 years in hospitals in France,

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, and the

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, Costache decided to return to Romania in 2014, becoming an Associate Professor at the

Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstitio ...

. Since 2015 he is President of the Cardiovascular Surgery Commission at the Ministry of Health. He is also a member of the French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

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Living people 1974 births 21st-century Romanian politicians Romanian surgeons Politicians from Iași Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy alumni Romanian Ministers of Health Physicians from Iași Academic staff of the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu {{Romania-politician-stub

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