YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS. The Minister of Economy and Commerce of Romania Varujan Vosganian has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. As reports “Armenpress” citing Mondo News website, the Romanian-Armenian politician announced this modestly saying that he is not aware of his victory.

The Armenian Minister made a note in his official website and expressed his gratitude to all those people, who believe in his victory and noted that Writers’ Unions of three countries nominated him for the Prize. Among other things he emphasized: “This is an unprecedented phenomenon for the Romanian political elite, when a Romanian statesmen is being nominated for the Nobel Prize.”

Born in Craiova to a family of Armenian ethnicity, Vosganian studied at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza High School in Focşani. He then studied Commerce at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (graduated 1982) and Mathematics at the University of Bucharest (graduated 1991), gaining a Ph.D. in economics in 1998.

In 1990, he became president of the Armenians' Union of Romania and he was twice (1990-1992 and 1992-1996) elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and twice a Senator (1996-2000 and 2004-2008), on the lists of the National Liberal Party.

Between 1996 and 2003, he was the leader of Uniunea Forţelor de Dreapta, a small right wing liberal party, which was eventually merged into the National Liberal Party.

Vosganian has written several books, especially on economics and politics, but also fiction and poetry. He is a member of the Romanian Writers' Union, and since 2005, he has served as its vice president. Vosganian is also a leading member of the Romanian Humorists' Association.

In October 2006, he was nominated to be a member of the European Commission after Romania joined the EU on 1 January 2007. 

In December 2006, he was named Minister of Economy and commerce.