Remus Opriș

Constantin Remus Opriș (November 20, 1958 – May 20, 2019) was a Romanian politician and psychiatrist, a prominent member of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD) and former Minister-Delegate for Local Administration in the 1996–1998 Victor Ciorbea cabinet (formed around the Romanian Democratic Convention, CDR). He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies elected for Prahova County for three consecutive terms, between 1992 and 2000.

Biography Opriș was born in Ploiești, graduating from the Ion Luca Caragiale High School in 1977, and from the Bucharest Carol Davila General Medicine and Pharmacy Faculty in 1983. He was a general practitioner until 1990, when he began his specialization in Psychiatry (completed in 1992). At the time, he stated: "If the PD believes Mr. Berceanu's decision was fair, that means the PD is trying to gain electoral capital by further harassing its coalition partners". — according to the journalist Sorin Roșca-Stănescu, Opriș was the leader of a PNȚ-CD faction who came into conflict with Vasile's faction. In response, Opriş called on all other coalition partners (the National Liberals, the Social Democrats, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians and various minor groups) to express support for the proposed legislation, and argued that new laws could conceivably be passed with support from opposition parties. In March 2006, he rejected the offer of fusion proposed by the PD, aimed at creating a "center-right pole" in Romanian politics, and indicated that the National Peasants' Party would carry on as an independent force. At the time, he specified, 16 Securitate officers had overseen his case, and he had been reported on by 22 informants.