Cristian Ghinea

Cristian Ghinea (born 1977) is a Romanian publisher and activist who has been serving as a Minister of Investments and European Projects in the cabinet of Prime Minister Florin Cîțu since 2021.^[1]

Cristian Ghinea
Member of the European Parliament for Romania
In office 2 July 2019 – 22 December 2020
Succeeded by	Alin Mituța
Minister of European Funds
In office 23 December 2020 – 6 September 2021
Prime Minister	Florin Cîțu
Preceded by	Ioan-Marcel Boloș
Succeeded by	Florin Cîțu
In office 27 April 2016 – 29 October 2016
Prime Minister	Dacian Cioloș
Preceded by	Aura Carmen Răducu
Succeeded by	Dragoș-Cristian Dinu
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 21 December 2016 – 1 July 2019
Constituency	Bucharest
Personal details
Born	(1977-07-20) 20 July 1977 (age 47) Bucharest, Romania
Political party	Save Romania Union (USR)
Alma mater	National University of Political Studies and Public Administration London School of Economics
Profession	Journalist Social activist
Website	www.cristianghinea.ro

Political career

Born in Bucharest, he studied at the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration and then obtained an M.A. in political science from the London School of Economics. Before entering politics, Ghinea was founder and director of organization CRPE.^[2] In November 2015 he was appointed councillor for European business in the Cioloș Cabinet.^[3]

Ghinea was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2016 Romanian legislative election. From 27 April to 26 October 2016 he served as Minister of European Funds^[4] in the Romanian government of technocrats, under Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș.^[5] Since October 2017, he has been the vice president of the party Save Romania Union.^[6]

From 2019 until 2020, Ghinea was a Member of the European Parliament. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Regional Development.^[7]

References

1. Mia Bartoloni (January 8, 2021), Movers and Shakers The Parliament Magazine.
2. "Cristian Ghinea: Cine susține și cine subminează DNA". Adevărul. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
3. Cristian Ghinea (30 November 2015). "Schimbare de job". Dilema veche. Archived from the original on 12 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
4. Cristian Ghinea va fi învestit în funcția de ministru al Fondurilor Europene. Klaus Iohannis a semnat decretul de numire, Pro TV, 27 April 2016, retrieved 27 April 2016
5. Carmen Păun (April 25, 2016), Romania to get new EU funds minister Politico Europe.
6. "Lupta pentru șefia USR. Ce își propun cei trei vicepreședinți care vor să îi ia locul lui Nicușor Dan". România liberă (in Romanian). 2 October 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
7. Cristian Ghinea European Parliament.

External links

• Cristian Ghinea: Sunt adeptul unor poziții de forță. Asistăm la întărirea fără precedent a statului, interview by Andreea Pora, Revista 22, 12 July 2016
• Cristian Ghinea: Dacă PNL și USR vor putea să convingă populația și programul acestui Guvern poate fi prelungit, eu m-aș bucura foarte mult, interview by Raluca Ion, Republica.ro, 22 August 2016