Social Democratic Party
Which party was Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz a member of from 2003 to 2004?
Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz ( ; December 14 , 1949 – November 16 , 2019 ) was a Romanian politician and architect . A member and twice minister of the Democratic Party ( PD ) , he joined the Social Democratic Party in 2003 , and was again a minister in 2004 . Niculescu-Duvăz was a member of the Chamber of Deputies between 1990 and 2016 . Biography . Early life . Born in Bucharest , he graduated from the Ion Mincu Institute in 1977 , and subsequently worked as architect for the Urban Planning Institute in Tulcea , then as a designer for the Bucharest Home Appliances Research Institute , and ultimately as a designer of lighting appliances for the Carpaţi Institute . He entered politics in early 1990 , in the wake of the Romanian Revolution , joining the National Salvation Front ( FSN ) , becoming its Secretary and , in 1991 , Vice President . In January 1990 , Niculescu-Duvăz also joined the provisional governing body ( the Provisional National Unity Council , CPUN ) , as a simple member . Career . In the 1990 elections , he won a seat in the Chamber , representing Bucharest . He became a Minister of Youth and Sport in the second Petre Roman cabinet ( June 1990 ) , resigning his position in the Chamber in late July . In early 1992 , following the September 1991 Mineriad and Romans resignation from office , Niculescu-Duvăz joined the latter in creating the opposition wing of the FSN , which was to become the PD in 1993 . After briefly serving on the Bucharest City Council in early 1992 , Niculescu-Duvăz was reelected to the Chamber in the 1992 and 1996 suffrages , representing Constanţa County , and served on the Chamber Committee for Public Administration and Territorial Improvement . He joined Victor Ciorbeas coalition government , created around the Romanian Democratic Convention , holding the office of Minister for Relations with Parliament ( 1996-1998 ) . He was the PDs Vice President , and , during the elections of 2000 , its campaign coordinator . Also in 2000 , Niculescu-Duvăz was again elected a deputy for Constanţa County , and was delegated to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe , briefly serving on several of its Commissions . From February to November of the same year , he was Vice President of the Chamber . He resigned from the PD in 2003 , and soon after joined the PSD , becoming the Executive Secretary of its National Bureau . A Quaestor of the Chamber in September 2002 and a member of several Committees ( Foreign Policy , European Integration , and the Common Committee of the Chamber and Senate for Drafting Legislative Proposals in Respect to Electoral Laws ) , Niculescu-Duvăz was again assigned to a ministerial position in Adrian Năstases executive , serving as Minister-Delegate for Relations with the Social Partners ( July–December 2004 ) . Former President Emil Constantinescu alleged , in 2005 and 2006 , that his successor and former PD president Traian Băsescu had been a member of Communist Romanias secret police , the Securitate , and contended that , together with Petre Roman and Victor Babiuc , Niculescu-Duvăz had witnessed Băsescus acknowledgment that this was the case . Constantinescu repeatedly asked for the three alleged witnesses to be summoned for a hearing with the CNSAS ( the Council charged with investigating Securitate affiliations ) . In early 2007 , Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz voiced the PSDs calls for the first Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Justice and Truth government to undergo restructuring , while contending that the latters realignment along with the National Liberal Party was not a solution to crisis . Personal . Niculescu-Duvăz was married and the father of two . He was a trophy hunter , a member of the General Association of Sport Hunters and Fishermen ( since 1990 ) , and founder of the Romanian yacht club .