Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Substitute of	Committee on Budgetary Control	2024/07/19
Member of	Committee on Industry, Research and Energy	2024/07/19
Substitute of	Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety	2024/07/19

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Substitute of	Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula	2024/09/19
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Partnership Committee, the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee	2024/09/19

Contact

Email

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Brussels

• Phone: 003222845954
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. ALTIERO SPINELLI 11E102
• Full Address
  • City: Bruxelles/Brussel
  • Zip: B-1047
  • Street: 60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

Strasbourg

• Phone: 0033388175954
• Fax:
• Office: Bât. LOUISE WEISS T13016
• Full Address
  • City: Strasbourg
  • Zip: CS 91024 - F-67070
  • Street: 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman

Activities

Stats

By types

Amendments (74)
Institutional motions (4)
Plenary speeches (2)
Written questions (1)

By dossiers

Count	Dossier Reference	Title
74	2024/2718(RSP)	UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29)
1	2024/2817(RSP)	Resolution on the devastating floods in central and eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change
1	2024/2821(RSP)	Resolution on strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration

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Born

1968/04/25 - Drobeta Turnu Severin

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

• 2007-2009 : Master’s in Business Analysis, Diagnostics and Evaluation, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Dolj County, Romania
• 02/2008-06/2008 : Postgraduate certificate in Security and Defence, Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy, Higher College of National Security
• 10/2005-02/2006 : Postgraduate certificate in National Security and Defence, Carol I National Defence University, Bucharest, Romania
• 1996-2000 : PhD in Management Studies, Faculty of Economics, University of Craiova, Craiova, Dolj County, Romania
• 1986-1991 : Degree in Engineering-Automatics, Faculty of Automatics, Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
• 1982-1986 : Baccalaureate in electrotechnics, Energy Industrial Secondary School No 6, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania

Professional career

• 2008- ... : Associate professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Dolj County, Romania
• 2001-2008 : Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Craiova, Dolj County, Romania
• 1997-2001 : Director of PECO Mehedinți County branch of S.N.P. PETROM S.A.
• 1993-1997 : Teaching assistant, Drobeta-Turnu Severin University College, University of Craiova, Mehedinți County, Romania
• 1991-1993 : Assistant programmer, S.S.I. Argus S.A. Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți County, Romania

Political career

• 2021- ... : Vice-President of the Romanian National Liberal Party (PNL)
• 2013- ... : President of the Mehedinți branch of the PNL
• 06/2023-06/2024 : Member of the Romanian Parliament, Chair of the Committee on the Environment and Ecological Balance
• 12/2016-14/07/2024 : Member of the Romanian Parliament
• 12/2016-11/2019 : Member of the Romanian Parliament, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Industry and Services
• 12/2020-06/2023 : Minister for Energy
• 12/2021-05/2022 : Caretaker Minister for Research, Innovation and Digitalisation
• 09/2021-11/2021 : Caretaker Minister for the Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism
• 11/2019-12/2020 : Minister for the Economy, Energy and the Environment
• 08/2013-11/2013 : Vice-President of the National Authority for Property Restitution
• 11/2013-02/2014 : State Secretary, Department for External Trade and International Relations
• 2007-2008 : State Secretary, Department for Social Dialogue

Other activities

• Member of the Romanian Association of Managers and Economic Engineers
• Member of the National Foundation of Young Managers – FNTM Bucharest
• President of the SME Employers’ Association for Mehedinți County

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