Valeriu Ștefan Zgonea (born 3 September 1967 in

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) is a

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n politician who served as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania between 3 July 2012 and 13 June 2016. On 18 October 2015, he was elected as

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Executive President. On 27 April 2016, he was expelled from PSD following his statements against party chairman Liviu Dragnea.

Studies

Valeriu Zgonea attended the courses of the "Frații Buzești" National College from

from 1981 till 1985. He was admitted to the Faculty of Railways, Roads and Bridges Construction in the Bucharest Institute of Civil Engineering. He attended the Ministry of Youth and Sports courses on human resources management and project management. In January 2001, he participated in the Program for the Study of Political Communication and Media Relations, held in

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by the National Democratic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the same period he graduated the negotiation course organized by the

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. In March 2001, the courses of A.C.Y.P.L. (American Council of Youth Political Leaders). In August 2001, he was a student at the

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, following Professor Phil Nobel's famous course "Internet and Politics".

Family

Valeriu Zgonea married Laura Zgonea in 2014. He has a son Dragoș Alexandru, from the previous marriage with Cristina and a daughter, Maria, from a previous relationship.

References

External links

Official website of the Chamber of Deputies
1967 births Living people People from Craiova Romanian engineers Councillors in Romania Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians {{Romania-politician-stub