Lucian Bode

Lucian Bode (born 27 October 1974, in Valcău de Jos, Sălaj County, Romania) is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Internal Affairs in the Cîțu Cabinet from 2020 to 2023.^[1][2][3] He previously served as Minister for Transport, Information and Communications in the first cabinet and second cabinet led by Ludovic Orban. He is affiliated with the National Liberal Party (PNL).

Lucian Bode
Official portrait, 2020
Minister of Justice
Acting
In office 1 September 2021 – 25 November 2021
Prime Minister	Florin Cîțu
Preceded by	Stelian Ion
Succeeded by	Cătălin Predoiu
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office 23 December 2020 – 15 June 2023
Prime Minister	Florin Cîțu Nicolae Ciucă
Preceded by	Marcel Vela
Succeeded by	Cătălin Predoiu
Minister for Transport and Infrastructure
In office 4 November 2019 – 23 December 2020
Prime Minister	Ludovic Orban
Preceded by	Alexandru-Răzvan Cuc
Succeeded by	Cătălin Drulă
Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism
In office 9 February 2012 – 7 May 2012
Prime Minister	Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Preceded by	Ion Ariton
Succeeded by	Daniel Chițoiu
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 December 2012
Constituency	Sălaj County
Personal details
Born	(1974-10-27) 27 October 1974 (age 50) Valcău de Jos, Sălaj County, Romania
Political party	National Liberal Party (PNL) (2014–present)
Other political affiliations	Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) (2007–2014) Democratic Party (PD) (before 2007)
Alma mater	University of Oradea
Profession	Engineer

Controversies

On 11 January 2023, Babeș-Bolyai University claimed that the suspicions of plagiarism in the doctoral thesis of Interior Minister Lucian Bode "are confirmed in the vast majority" and requested the withdrawal of the book published on its basis. The position expressed by the university from Cluj-Napoca, where Lucian Bode defended a doctoral thesis in the field of energy security, comes after the ethics committee of the educational institution verified the minister’s work.^[4]