Andi-Lucian Cristea (born 5 January 1982) is a Romanian politician of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

. Since 2020, he has been a member of the

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. He was the executive director of the Social Democratic Youth from 2010 to 2013, and the director general of the

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from 2012 to 2014. He previously served as a

member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

from 2014 to 2019. He was not directly elected in 2024, but replaced

Roxana Mînzatu Roxana Mînzatu (; born 1 April 1980) is a Romanian politician, local government official and manager of European Union projects in Romania. In 2016, she was elected to the Romanian Chamber of Deputies (Romania), Chamber of Deputies and in 2019, ...

after her nomination as a European Commissioner in December 2024.

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1982 births Living people Social Democratic Party (Romania) MEPs MEPs for Romania 2014–2019 Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians People from Buzău MEPs for Romania 2024–2029 {{Romania-politician-stub