Anton Anton

Anton Anton
Anton in 2017
Minister of Energy
In office
29 January 2018 – 27 August 2019
Prime MinisterViorica Dăncilă
Preceded byToma-Florin Petcu
Succeeded byVirgil-Daniel Popescu
Minister of Education, Research and Youth
In office
8 October 2008 – 22 December 2008
Prime MinisterCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Preceded byCristian Adomniței
Succeeded byMonica Iacob Ridzi
Personal details
Born (1949-12-22) 22 December 1949
Timișoara, Romania
Party
Education
OccupationEngineer, politician
Websitewww.antonanton.ro (Archived 1 December 2008)

Anton Anton (born 22 December 1949) is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) and previously of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he served as minister of Education, Research and Youth in the Tăriceanu II Cabinet from October to December 2008, and from 2018 to 2019 served in the Dăncilă Cabinet as Minister of Energy.

He is married.[1]

Biography

He was born in Timișoara, attending the Polytechnic University of Timișoara from 1967 to 1972 and becoming an engineer. From 1973 to 1974, he pursued post-graduate studies in Information Science and Mathematics at the University of Bucharest. He was a Fulbright scholar at Johns Hopkins University in 1977, and from that year until 1986, worked on an Engineering doctorate at the Bucharest Construction Institute (ICB; now the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, UTCB). Anton began teaching and researching at ICB in 1972; he was a faculty assistant until 1979 and head of the hydraulics laboratory from 1972 to 2003. From 1979 to 1990, he was chief of operations at ICB, with similar duties. From 1990 to 1995, he was a reader there, and has been a professor at UTCB since 1995. Additionally, he is a prorector at the university since 2008. Among his areas of expertise are ferrous hydrodynamics, experimental hydraulics, hydraulic machines and urban engineering. He holds four patents; has published seven books, including a 2001 one on hydraulic networks that received the Anghel Saligny Prize from the Romanian Academy; and has published 80 articles in scientific journals in Romania and abroad.[2] He has been a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2004.[3]

Anton joined the PNL in 1995. From 2005 to 2006, he was a state secretary at the Education Ministry. From 2006 to October 2008, he was president of the National Authority for Scientific Research, an agency of the ministry.[1] On 8 October, following the dismissal of Cristian Adomniței, he was named to the Tăriceanu II Cabinet, serving until the government's term ended on 22 December 2008.[4] At the time, the press noted that Tăriceanu had taught at ICB from 1980 to 1991, and that the former colleagues had remained friends. Also noted was that Anton would have to continue negotiations with teachers' unions, and the possibility of a strike if salaries were not raised.[5] At his investiture, president Traian Băsescu noted Anton was the fourth Education Minister of the 2004-2008 legislature, and "hopefully" the last.[6] Anton ran for a Timișoara seat in the Chamber of Deputies at the November 2008 election, but was defeated.[7] Running on the ALDE ticket, he won a Bucharest seat in the 2016 election.[8] In January 2018, he entered the Dăncilă Cabinet as Energy Minister.[9] Anton resigned after ALDE withdrew from the cabinet on 27 August 2019.[10]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "CURRICULUM VITAE". Anton Anton (in Romanian). 7 October 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae Europass" (PDF). Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest (in Romanian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Curriculum vitae: Anton Anton" (PDF). European Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "GUVERNUL CĂLIN POPESCU-TĂRICEANU" [CĂLIN POPESCU-TĂRICEANU GOVERNMENT]. Agerpress (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  5. ↑ Georgescu, Romulus (8 October 2009). "Tăriceanu şi-a pus ministru un fost coleg" [Tăriceanu Names a Former Colleague as Minister]. Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  6. ↑ Simina, Anca (9 October 2008). "Băsescu a fost ironic cu noul ministru al educaţiei" [Băsescu Ironic with New Education Minister]. Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Alegeri Parlamentare 2008 - municipiul Timisoara" [2008 parliamentary election - Timisoara municipality]. alegeri.tv (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "Profile". Chamber of Deputies (in Romanian). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  9. ↑ Straut, Dan (26 January 2018). "Cine este Anton Anton, noul ministru al Energiei" [Who is Anton Anton, New Energy Minister]. Gândul (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  10. ↑ Deacu, Elena (27 August 2019). "Anton Anton a demisionat din Guvern" [Anton Anton Resigns from Government]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 15 April 2025. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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