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Decrees on Voinea's resignation, appointment of Valcov as budget minister, published in Official Journal
The decrees under which President Traian Basescu takes note of the resignation of Liviu Voinea as minister-delegate for budget and the appointment of Darius Valcov to replace Voinea were published on Wednesday in the Official Journal.
The two documents were signed the same day by the president prior to their publication.
The swear-in ceremony of Daru Valcov is scheduled for today at 18:00hrs, EEST, at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, according to the Presidential Administration.
Voinea resigned office after being elected by Parliament to the office of vice governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR).
Prime Minister Victor Ponta on August 19 submitted to President Basescu his recommendation for Valcov to take over the portfolio, after previously the President rejected the nomination of Claudiu Manda to the same office, on grounds that Manda was an inappropriate proposal.
Valcov is a senator of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), major at rule, and chairman of the Senate's Committee on Public Administration and Regional Planning.
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Social Democratic Party (PSD) Senator Darius Bogdan Valcov was born on March 25, 1977 in Slatina, the Olt county (southern Romania).
He took the courses of the 'Radu Greceanu' Theoretical High School in Slatina (1991-1995), and he graduated from the Faculty of Economic Studies in Foreign Languages of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE, 1995-1999). He also followed courses of the Law School, the Spiru Haret University in Bucharest (2001-2004). He also has a PhD in economy (ASE, 2001-2008).
He held the position of director general of the Romanian People's Bank for Development, the subsidiary in Slatina (2000-2004) and economic director at S.C. Octogon company (since 2004).
He served as Slatina mayor, on behalf of the Democratic Party (2004-2008), winning another term in 2008 on the lists of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), with over 80 percent of votes in the first round.
He won his third term in office as Slatina mayor at the local elections on June 10, 2012, on the tickets of the Social Liberal Union (PSD+PNL+PC).
He has been a member of the Democratic Party between 2000 and 2012.
In Aug. 2007, Darius Valcov was appointed interim chairman of the Olt county branch of PDL. On Nov. 13, 2010, the Slatina mayor was elected chairman of PDL Olt branch, remaining in this position until March 27, 2012, when he announced in a press conference at Slatina his resignation from the party. According to the statute of the local officials, he also had to resign as Slatina mayor.
He joined PSD in April 2012.
He ran in the parliamentary elections in Dec. 2012 on the USL tickets, being elected senator in uninominal college No. 1 of Olt No. 30 constituency. He is the chairman of the Commission for public administration, organization of territory and environment protection (since Dec. 20, 2012) and of the special joint commission of the Deputies' Chamber and Senate set up for the gold mining project at Rosia Montana (western Romania) (since Sept. 17, 2013).
Darius Valcov is married with one child.