Valentin Ghioda

Valentin Ghioda is a senior advisor at the Secretariat General of the Government in Romania, known for receiving both a military pension of 7,900 lei and a salary of 6,400 lei. He joined the SGG in 2016 through a competitive process and has over 20 years of experience working with classified documents. Ghioda has expressed his need for the job from a mental health perspective, indicating that retirement left him with feelings of uselessness. He has stated that if the government enforces a ban on receiving both pension and salary, he would consider resigning.