Alexandru Ioan Morțun

Alexandru Ioan Morțun (born July 16, 1951) is a Romanian physician, politician, and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, and became an MEP on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union. Between 1996 and 2000, and again from 2000, he has represented Mehedinţi County in the Romanian Senate.

Biography

Born in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Morțun graduated from the Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timişoara (1976), specializing in Pediatrics (1982), Medical ultrasonography (1996) and Health care politics (2000).[1] Between 1976 and 1979, he was employed by a dispensary, was a secondary physician until 1982, and a specialist doctor at the Mehedinți County Hospital in Drobeta-Turnu Severin.[1] In 2000-2004, he worked as a pediatrician, and the chief physician at the Mehedinți County House for Social Health Insurance (CJASS).[1]

He became a member of the PNL in 1990, after the 1989 Revolution, and served as Vice President of its Mehedinți County Organization after 1991, being its President between 1992 and 2005.[1] He first became a member of the Senate after the 1996 election, on Romanian Democratic Convention lists, and served as the Senate Quaestor; Morțun again won a seat during the 2004 suffrage, as a Justice and Truth candidate.[1][2] During his first mandate, he sat on the Committee for Labor and Social Protection, and on the Committee for Health, Environment and Sport.[2] After 2004, he became a member of the Committee for Investigating Abuse, Fight against Corruption and Petions.[1][2]

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