Ioan_Mang

Ioan Mang

Ioan Mang

Romanian politician (born 1958)

Ioan Mang (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈo̯an maŋɡ]; born July 15, 1958) is a Romanian politician and member of the Social Democratic Party. Mang served as the Education Minister in Victor Ponta's cabinet for eight days, and as a professor of Computer Science at the University of Oradea.[1]

Ioan Mang

Biography

Mang studied at the University of Timișoara and received his doctorate in engineering in 1998. He guided a department of the university there for the period from 1993 until 2000. Since March 2000 he is the rector at the University of Oradea. Since 2001 he is in the PSD (Social Democratic Party). Mang has a wife and two children.[2]

Academic misconduct controversy

On 10 May 2012, he was accused of plagiarism of many of his academic papers[1][3][4] and resigned on 15 May due to those plagiarism allegations.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Abbott, Alison (16 May 2012). "Plagiarism charge for Romanian minister: Scandal adds to fears that country's research reform is in peril". Nature. 485 (289): 289. doi:10.1038/485289a. PMID 22596129.
  2. [2]
    "Cine este Ioan Mang, noul ministru desemnat pentru Educaţie. CV-ul demnitarului". adevarul.ro. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Romania's education minister caught in plagiarism row". The Straits Times. AFP. 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2022. Romania's education minister caught in plagiarism row
  4. [4]
    "Romanian education system rocked by scandals (SETimes.com)". Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. Romanian education system rocked by scandals
  5. [5]
    "Romania's Education Minister accused of having plagiarized three international research papers". romaina-insider.com. 11 May 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2016.


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