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Ion Bazac (born 27 July 1968) is a
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n physician and politician. A member of the
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(PSD), he was the
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in the
Emil Boc Emil Boc (; born 6 September 1966) is a Romanian politician who was Prime Minister of Romania from 22 December 2008 until 6 February 2012 and is the current mayor of Cluj-Napoca, the largest city of Transylvania, where he was first elected in J ...
cabinet between 2008 and 2009. He is married to Camelia Bazac.


Biography

He was born in
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and after completing secondary studies at the city's Mihai Viteazul Mathematics-Physics High School in 1986, became a physician upon graduating from the Faculty of General Medicine at the
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy () or University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, commonly known by the abbreviation UMFCD, is a public health sciences university in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and larges ...
in 1996, although he has never practiced medicine. Liana Subţirelu and George Lăcătuş
"Ion Bazac, ministrul Ferrari de la Sănătate" ("Ion Bazac, Ferrari Minister at Health")
''Cotidianul'', 5 January 2009; accessed June 27, 2009
He holds a
Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...
from the
Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (, abbreviated ASE) is a public university in Bucharest, Romania. Founded in 1913 as the ''Academy of Higher-level Commercial and Industrial Studies'' (''Academia de Înalte Studii Comerciale și Indu ...
, as well as degrees in Health and Social Services Administration and Public Health Management. He has co-authored several books on health care reform. From 1997 to 1999, he was a project management specialist and procurement coordinator for a
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project investing in the Romanian health care system. During 2000, he was adjunct director, then director, at the General Directorate of Health and Development Policies, helping start a new World Bank programme and focusing on Romania's
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accession as well. From December 2000, when the PSD (which he joined the following March) returned to office, until March 2002, he was a Secretary of State at the Ministry of Health and Family, responsible for European integration and international relations (including with the World Bank). He left the ministry when then-minister Daniela BartoÅŸ, unsatisfied with his performance, demoted him to director general from secretary of state, and he refused to accept this new title. Subsequently, until July 2003, he was a Secretary of State at the Ministry of Water and Environmental Protection, with the same responsibilities as at the Health Ministry; this time, he opened negotiations with the
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on the Environment chapter of the ''
acquis communautaire The Community acquis or ''acquis communautaire'' (; ), sometimes called the EU acquis, and often shortened to acquis, is the accumulated legislation, legal acts and court decisions that constitute the body of European Union law that came into ...
'' (which Romania had to fulfil in order to join the EU). Leaving government when the Environment Ministry was absorbed into the Agriculture Ministry, Bazac was, from November 2003 to July 2004, chairman of the board of Global Finance & Leasing, a non-banking financial institution. From July to December 2004, he returned as Secretary of State at the Health Ministry, coordinating the health budget and the European integration department. Shortly after leaving this position, he was questioned by the National Anticorruption Prosecution Office in regard to the illegal transfer of 5 billion lei (some $150,000) to private companies during operations for procuring 2,000
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s for state-owned hospitals. During 2005 and 2006, he resumed his chairmanship at Global Finance & Leasing, until it was purchased by
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. Meanwhile, in 2005, he joined the PSD's national council, and he is also a member of its
Brăila County Brăila County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Brăila. Demographics At the 2021 Romanian census, Brăila County had a population of 281,452 (172,533 people in urban areas and 108,919 people in rural ...
executive bureau. In 2007 and 2008, he worked for both Inox, a
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manufacturer, and as chairman of the board of Forza Rossa,
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's representative in Romania.Profile at the Romanian Government site
; accessed June 27, 2009
Following the 2008 election, Bazac was named Health Minister."Guvern de regăţeni, cu 'moţ' ardelean" ("Old Kingdom Government, with a Few Transylvanians")
, ''Adevărul'', 19 December 2008; accessed June 27, 2009
Among his priorities as minister were the maintenance and efficient allocation of a
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, the introduction of a computerised system to track prescriptions and of a new pricing scheme for medicines and a growth in private health insurance and hospital competition for funds. He promised significant pay raises for physicians, and in May 2009 fired 73 hospital managers for failing to meet contractual benchmarks. He also had to deal with the impact of the
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. Together with his PSD colleagues, Bazac resigned from the cabinet on October 1, 2009, in protest at the dismissal of vice prime minister and Interior Minister
Dan Nica Dan Nica (born July 2, 1960) is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2014. He held a seat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Galați Count ...
. In 2002, he was made a knight of the National Order for Merit. He is the owner of Forza Rossa Racing, a motor racing team. Cristian Andrei
"Premieră pentru România. Vom avea echipă de Formula 1" ("A First for Romania: We'll Have a Formula 1 Team")
''Gândul'', 8 June 2014; accessed December 21, 2014


References

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