Puiu Hașotti
Puiu Hașotti | |
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| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 22 Nov 1996 – 10 Dec 2000 11 Dec 2000 – 11 Dec 2004 | |
| Constituency | no. 14 (Constanța) |
| Senator of Romania | |
| Assumed office 13 Dec 2004 – 12 Dec 2008 15 Dec 2008 | |
| Constituency | no. 14 (Constanța) |
| Leader of the National Liberal Party group in the Senate | |
| Assumed office 4 April 2007 | |
| Constituency | no. 14 (Constanța) |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 25 June 2012 – 21 December 2012 | |
| President | Traian Basescu |
| Prime Minister | Victor Ponta |
| Preceded by | Mircea Diaconu |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Barbu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 June 1953 |
| Political party | National Liberal Party |
Puiu Hașotti (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpuju ˈhaʃoti]; born 14 June 1953) is a social conservative Romanian politician of Aromanian descent. He is a vice-president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the leader of the party's group in the Senate.
In April 2013, Hașotti incited controversy by declaring that he considers gay people to be "sick people". He also said that, "Homosexuality is not a normal state, it is not a natural relationship". The comments were made in the context of political debate about same-sex civil unions in Romania. Accept, Romania's national LGBT rights organisation, stated that they believed Hașotti's comments were a breach of anti-discrimination law and would report him to the National Council for Combating Discrimination.