Carmen Daniela Dan (born 9 October 1970) is a Romanian politician. She served in the

Senate of Romania 2012–2016 2008–2012 In December 2008, the Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and the Alliance PSD+PC, political alliance established between the Social Democratic Party of Romania, Social Democratic Party ...

from 2016 to 2020 representing the

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. She also served as

Minister of Internal Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

in the Grindeanu Cabinet, Tudose Cabinet and

Dăncilă Cabinet The Dăncilă Cabinet was the 128th Government of Romania. It was led by Viorica Dăncilă, who assumed office as Prime Minister of Romania along with her cabinet on 29 January 2018. Led by Viorica Dăncilă, this cabinet was constituted and sup ...

from January 2017 to July 2019. Prior to her political career, she was secretary of the General School no. 3 of

Videle Videle () is a town in Teleorman County, Muntenia, Romania, with a population of 10,107 in 2021. It was upgraded to town status in 1968 by incorporation of a few villages nearby. Today, Coșoaia is the single associated village the town administer ...

, and an employee of Bănca Agricole and Raiffeisen Bank.

Biography

Dan was born in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

on 9 October 1970 and graduated from the "Zoia Kosmodemianskaia" High School of Philology and History in Bucharest in 1989. In July 2000, she graduated from the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Police Academy, after graduating from the Faculty of Law at the Ecological University of Bucharest. In 2004, she received her master's degree in European public affairs management from the

Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (, abbreviated ASE) is a public university in Bucharest, Romania. Founded in 1913 as the ''Academy of Higher-level Commercial and Industrial Studies'' (''Academia de Înalte Studii Comerciale și Indu ...

. Between September 1990 and July 1996, Dan was secretary at the General School no. 3 of Videle, and from March to September 1990, was secretary of the Provisional Council of the National Union (CPUN). From November 2001 to July 2002, she held the position of front desk teller at Raiffeisen, and from July 1996 to November 2001, she was a contact person at Banca Agricolă in Videle. From December 2010 to June 2012, she was the executive director of the Community Public Service for the Evidence of Persons of

Teleorman County Teleorman County () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in the historical region Muntenia, with its capital city at Alexandria. The name ''Teleorman'' is of Cumanic ( Turkic) origin. It literally means ''wild/crazy for ...

within the County Council, and from July 2002 to December 2010, Dan was a legal advisor to the Legal and Litigation Service of the same County Council.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dan, Carmen 1970 births Living people Politicians from Bucharest Ministers of interior of Romania Members of the Senate of Romania Women members of the Romanian Cabinet Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians Female interior ministers