- Matei-Agathon Dan
-
Matei-Agathon Dan (born September 17, 1949) is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bacău County from 1992 to 2004. In the Nicolae Văcăroiu cabinet, he was Tourism Minister from 1992 to 1996, and again held that office in the Adrian Năstase cabinet from December 2000 to June 2003, when responsibility for Tourism was assigned to Miron Mitrea.
He and his wife Otilia, whom he married in 1971, have one son, Tudor.[1]
Biography
Born in Bucharest, Dan studied Finance and Accounting at the Academy of Economic Studies, graduating in 1971. Before the 1989 Revolution, he was economic director at the Institute for Research and Technological Engineering, Planning and Production of Non-ferrous and Rare Metals in Bucharest. After the fall of Communism, he was one of the founders of the PDSR (PSD from 2001), as well as a member of its National Council. In 1991-92 he served as sub-secretary of state, dealing with government relations with trade unions and management.[2] Also in 1991, he won a scholarship in macroeconomics in Japan, allowing him to see first-hand how a free-market economy works, including using an ATM for the first time.[1]
During his first stint as Tourism Minister (1992-1996), Dan was also vice president of the World Tourism Organization's general assembly. He was a member of the Chamber's Foreign Policy Committee, and active in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation.[2] His second time in government (2000-2003), when he was appointed by his high-school classmate and friend Adrian Năstase, Dan drew attention for strongly promoting a Disneyland-style theme park, "Dracula Park", which ultimately was not built.[1] He also worked on promoting skiing in the Carpathians, Danube cruises, the Romanian wine country, countryside vacations and Bukovina.[3] In January 2009, Dan suspended himself from the PSD in order to become secretary general and president of the Employer Confederation of Romanian Industry.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b c Despina Ponomarenco, "Count on Count Dracula", Bucharest Business Week, 17 December 2001; retrieved March 2, 2009
- ^ a b (Romanian) Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site; retrieved March 2, 2009
- ^ "Proiectele demarate de Dan Matei Agathon vor fi continuate de ministrul Mitrea" ("Projects Begun by Dan Matei Agathon Will Be Continued by Minister Mitrea"), Gardianul, 23 June 2003; retrieved March 2, 2009
- ^ (Romanian) "Dan Matei Agathon s-a autosuspendat din PSD" ("Dan Matei Agathon Has Suspended Himself from the PSD"), Ziua, 16 January 2009; retrieved March 2, 2009
Prime Minister Ministers of State Ministers Petre Ninosu/Gavril Iosif Chiuzbaian/Ion Predescu (Justice) •
Florin Georgescu (Finance) • Niculae Spiroiu/Gheorghe Tinca (Defense) • Mihai Golu/Liviu Maior/Marin Sorescu/Viorel Mărgineanu/Grigore Zanc (Culture and Arts) • Ioan Oancea/Valeriu Tabără/Alexandru Lăpuşan (Agriculture) • Teodor Meleşcanu (Foreign Affairs) • Marin Cristea (Public Works) • Constantin Teculescu/Cristian Ionescu/Petru Crişan/Dan Ioan Popescu (Commerce) • George Ioan Dănescu/Doru Ioan Tărăcilă (Interior) • Liviu Maior (Education) • Aurel-Constantin Ilie (Environment) • Dan Mircea Popescu (Labor) • Paul Teodoru/Aurel Novac (Transport) • Iulian Mincu/Daniela Bartoş (Health) • Andrei Chirică/Adrian Turicu/Mircea Coşea (Communication) • Dumitru Popescu/Alexandru Stănescu (Industries) • Matei-Agathon Dan (Tourism) • Doru Dumitru Palade/Valer Dorneanu/Petre Ninosu (Research and Technology) • Gheorghe Angelescu/Alexandru Mironov (Youth and Sport)Prime Minister Minister of State Ministers Rodica Stănoiu/Cristian Diaconescu (Justice) • Ioan Mircea Paşcu (Defense) • Mihai Tănăsescu (Finance) • Răzvan Theodorescu (Culture) • Miron Mitrea (Public Works and Transport) • Ilie Sârbu/Petre Daea (Agriculture) • Daniela Bartoş/Mircea Beuran/Ionel Blănculescu/Ovidiu Brânzan (Health) • Mircea Geoană (Foreign Affairs) • Dan Ioan Popescu (Economy and Commerce) • Marian Sârbu/Elena Dumitru/Dan Mircea Popescu (Labor) • Dan Nica/Silvia Adriana Ţicău (Communications) • Aurel-Constantin Ilie/Petru Lificiu/Ilie Sârbu/Speranţa Ianculescu (Environment) • Şerban Mihăilescu/Eugen Bejinariu (Coordinating the General Secretariat of the Government) • Ioan Rus/Marian Săniuţă (Interior) • Ecaterina Andronescu/Alexandru Athanasiu (Education) • Hildegard Puwak/Vasile Puşcaş/Alexandru Fărcaş (European Integration) • Vasile Dâncu (Public Information) • Octav Cozmâncă (Public Administration) • Acsinte Gaspar (Relation with Parliament) •
Silvia Ciornei (Small and Medium Enterprises) • Georgiu Gingăraş (Youth and Sport) • Matei-Agathon Dan (Tourism)Minister-Delegate Gabriel Oprea/Gheorghe Emacu (Public Administration) • Eugen Dijmărescu/Vasile Radu (Commerce) • Acsinte Gaspar/Şerban Nicolae (Relation with Parliament) • Vasile Puşcaş (Chief Negotiator with the EU) • Ovidiu Muşetescu (Authority for Privatization) • Ionel Blănculescu (Coordinating Control Bodies) • Marian Sârbu/Bogdan Niculescu-Duvăz (Relation with Social Partners) • Şerban Valeca (Research Activity)Categories:- Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
- People from Bucharest
- Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies alumni
- Free Your Mind Award winners
- 1949 births
- Living people
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
