Dan Șova

{{Short description|Romanian lawyer and politician}}

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|name = Dan Șova

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|office = Minister for Infrastructure Projects of National Interest and Foreign Investment

|term_start = 21 December 2012

|term_end = 5 March 2014

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|primeminister = Victor Ponta

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|office1 = Minister of Transportation

|term_start1 = 5 March 2014

|term_end1 = 24 June 2014

|primeminister1 = Victor Ponta

|predecessor1 = Ramona Mănescu

|successor1 = Ioan Rus

|office2 = Member of the Senate of Romania

|constituency2 = 30-Olt, Electoral district No. 3

|term_start2 = 19 December 2008

|term_end2 = 26 May 2015

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|4|9|df=y}}

|birth_place = Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania

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|party = Social Democratic Party {{small|(until 2014)}}{{Cite web | url=http://www.gandul.info/politica/ponta-i-a-exclus-din-psd-pe-geoana-vanghelie-si-sova-vanghelie-mi-a-fost-greata-n-am-vazut-asa-executii-nici-la-partidul-comunist-sova-accept-13649849 | newspaper=Gândul|lang=ro|title=Știri de ultimă oră și ultimele știri online }}

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|alma_mater = University of Bucharest

|profession = Lawyer

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Dan-Coman Șova (born 9 April 1973 in Bucharest) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has sat in the Romanian Senate from 2008 to 2015, representing Olt County.

Dan Șova served as Minister for Infrastructure Projects of National Interest and Foreign Investment (21 December 2012 to 5 March 2014) and Minister of Transportation (5 March to 24 June 2014). Previously, he served as Minister Delegate for Liaison with Parliament

He graduated from the Faculty of Law (1995) and the Faculty of History (2001) of the University of Bucharest.{{cite web|url=http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/cdcv_dansova_ro|title=Dan Șova|publisher=University of Bucharest|language=ro|access-date=2012-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311000430/http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/cdcv_dansova_ro|archive-date=2012-03-11|url-status=dead}}

On 17 September 2015, Șova was sent to court together with the former Prime Minister Victor Ponta, for acts of corruption related to the energy complexes at Rovinari and Turceni, causing damages of over 3 million lei to the Romanian state;{{Cite news|first=Ondine|last=Gherguț|title=Dan Șova, urmărit penal pentru contracte ilegale la companiile energetice Turceni și Rovinari, dezvăluite în exclusivitate de România Liberă|lang=ro|date=August 13, 2014| url=https://romanialibera.ro/special/dan-sova-audiat-la-dna-346196/|newspaper=România liberă|access-date=5 November 2023}} he was cleared of those charges in May 2018. On 26 January 2016, Șova was sued by the National Anticorruption Directorate for influence peddling in a case related to the Govora Power Station. On 20 June 2018, he was sentenced by the High Court of Cassation and Justice to 3 years imprisonment and €100,000 forfeiture for influence peddling in this case.{{cite news|url=https://www.romania-insider.com/former-romanian-senator-minister-sentenced-three-years-jail-bribery/|title=Former Romanian senator and minister sentenced to three years in jail for bribery|newspaper=Romania Insider|date=20 June 2018|access-date=5 November 2023}} After serving 6 months in prison, his sentence was suspended on appeal, but the case was reopened in 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.mediafax.ro/social/dosarul-lui-dan-sova-ar-putea-fi-retrimis-la-instanta-de-fond-magistratii-in-pronuntare-18483468|title=Dosarul de corupție al lui Dan Șova, rejudecat de la zero. Decizie în premieră, după hotărârea CCR privind completurile de 3 judecători|lang=ro|work=Mediafax |date=21 October 2019|access-date=5 November 2023}} On 1 March 2023, Șova was definitively sentenced by the High Court to 3 years of suspended prison in the Govora case.{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/fostul-senator-dan-sova-trei-ani-de-inchisoare-cu-suspendare-in-dosarul-cet-govora-4465043|title=Fostul senator Dan Șova, trei ani de închisoare cu suspendare în dosarul CET Govora. Decizia este definitivă|lang=ro|first=Mihai|last=Toma|newspaper=Libertatea |date=1 March 2023|access-date=5 November 2023}}