Angel Tîlvăr (born 11 February 1962) is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n politician and English teacher who, from 31 October 2022, holds the position of

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. He was elected

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in the 2004–2008 legislature and then a deputy in the legislatures starting in 2008, in

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on the lists of the

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Biography

Born in

Urechești, Vrancea Urechești is a commune located in Vrancea County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Urechești. It also included Popești and Terchești villages until 2003, when they were split off to form Popești Commune. Natives * Valeriu Panta ...

, Romania, Tîlvăr graduated in 1985 from the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

. He was an English teacher between 1985 and 2004. In the 2004–2008 legislature, Tîlvăr was a member of the friendship parliamentary groups with the Republic of

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and the Republic of

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. He was a member of the Committee for Education, science, youth and Sport and its secretary, the Committee for Culture, art and mass media (February 2006 – February 2008) and the Committee for human rights, religions, and Minorities (until February 2006). He initiated 20 legislative proposals (of which 6 were promulgated into law) and recorded 98 speeches in 69 parliamentary sessions. In the 2008–2012 legislature, Tîlvăr was a member of the friendship parliamentary groups with the

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and

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, the Republic of Ecuador, and the Kingdom of Morocco. He was a member of the Committee for Defense, public order and national security, and the Committee for European affairs. He initiated 28 legislative proposals of which 4 were promulgated into law and recorded 100 speeches in 92 parliamentary meetings. In the 2012–2016 legislature, Tîlvăr was a member of the friendship parliamentary groups with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

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, and

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. He was a member of the Committee for Culture, arts, mass media (from June 2015), in the Committee for European affairs (from September 2014) – President (until December 2014), in the Committee for Education, science, youth and Sport (until September 2014) and in the Committee for European affairs (until June 2014). In December 2014 he was appointed Minister Delegate for Romanians Abroad. Tîlvăr initiated 46 legislative proposals of which 16 were promulgated laws and recorded 95 speeches in 61 parliamentary meetings.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tîlvăr, Angel 1961 births People from Vrancea County Living people University of Bucharest alumni Romanian schoolteachers Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Senate of Romania Ministers of defence of Romania Councillors in Romania