Alexandru Ioan Morțun

Alexandru Ioan Morțun (born July 16, 1951) is a Romanian physician, politician, and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He is a member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), which was part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe until 2014, and became an MEP on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union. Between 1996 and 2000, and again from 2000, he represented Mehedinți County in the Romanian Senate.

Biography Born in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Morțun graduated from the Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timișoara (1976), specializing in Pediatrics (1982), medical ultrasonography (1996) and health care politics (2000). Between 1976 and 1979, he worked in a dispensary, was a secondary physician until 1982, and a specialist doctor at the Mehedinți County Hospital in Drobeta-Turnu Severin. During his first term, he sat on the Committee for Labor and Social Protection, and on the Committee for Health, Environment and Sport. After 2004, he became a member of the Committee for Investigating Abuse, Fight against Corruption and Petitions.