Alfred Simonis

{{Short description|Member of the Romanian Parliament}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alfred Simonis

| image = Simonis Alfred.jpg

| caption = Simonis in 2023

| office = President of Timis County

| office1 = President of the Chamber of Deputies

| president1 = Klaus Iohannis

| term_start1 = 15 June 2023

| term_end1 = 2 September 2024

| predecessor1 = Marcel Ciolacu

| successor1 = Vasile-Daniel Suciu

| office2 = Member of the Chamber of Deputies

| term_start2 = 21 December 2016

| term_end6 =

| constituency6 = Timiș County

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|01|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Timișoara, Timiș County, Socialist Republic of Romania

| birth_name = Alfred-Robert Simonis

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Social Democratic Party (PSD)

| spouse =

| alma_mater = Tibiscus University of Timișoara

| status = Acting

}}

Alfred-Robert Simonis (born 4 January 1985) is a Romanian politician, born in Timiș County, member of the Social Democratic Party since 2001 and a member of Chamber of Deputies since 2016.{{Cite web |last=Bian |first=Nicolae |date=2023-06-15 |title=OFICIAL Deputatul PSD Alfred Simonis numit președinte interimar al Camerei Deputaților în locul lui Marcel Ciolacu / Cine este apropiatul lui Sorin Grindeanu |url=https://www.g4media.ro/surse-deputatul-psd-alfred-simonis-va-fi-presedintele-interimar-camerei-deputatilor-in-locul-lui-marcel-ciolacu-cine-este-apropiatul-lui-sorin-grindeanu.html |access-date=2023-06-20 |website=G4Media.ro |language=ro-RO}}{{Cite web |date=2023-06-20 |title=Alfred Simonis CV |url=https://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura2015.mp?idm=266&leg=2020&cam=2&pag=0 |website=cdep.ro}}

Political activity

Alfred Simonis has been a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2001.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-30 |title=Alfred Simonis, reconfirmat lider al grupului parlamentar PSD din Camera Deputaților |url=https://www.tion.ro/stirile-judetului-timis/alfred-simonis-reconfirmat-lider-al-grupului-parlamentar-psd-din-camera-deputatilor-1484292/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=Tion}} He has held some leadership position in the Timiș wing of the Social Democratic Youth up until 2019.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-14 |title=Deputatul PSD de Timiş Alfred Simonis, preşedinte interimar al Tineretului PSD {{!}} TIMPOLIS {{!}} Stiri News Ziar Timisoara |url=https://timpolis.ro/deputatul-psd-de-timis-alfred-simonis-presedinte-interimar-al-tineretului-psd/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=timpolis.ro |language=ro-RO}}

For four years, between 2012 and 2016, he was a local councilor of the Municipality of Timișoara.

In the parliamentary elections of 2016, Alfred-Robert Simonis won the first PSD deputy mandate (electoral constituency no. 37 - Timiș),{{Cite web |title=REZULTATE ALEGERI PARLAMENTARE 2016 Timiş: PSD şi PNL, sigure de obţinerea a patru, respectiv, trei mandate în Parlament |url=https://jurnalul.ro/stiri/politica/rezultate-alegeri-parlamentare-2016-timis-psd-si-pnl-sigure-de-obtinerea-a-patru-respectiv-trei-mandate-in-parlament-730821.html |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=jurnalul.ro |language=Romanian}} being re-elected for the second mandate in 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-09 |title=Rezultate finale alegeri parlamentare 2020. Cine sunt noii deputați și senatori de Timiș |url=https://www.tion.ro/stirile-judetului-timis/rezultate-finale-alegeri-parlamentare-2020-cine-sunt-noii-deputati-si-senatori-de-timis-1373035/ |access-date=2023-06-25 |website=Tion}}

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