Virgil-Daniel Popescu (born April 25, 1968) is a

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n politician who served as Minister of Energy in the

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, led by Prime Minister

Nicolae Ciucă Nicolae Ionel Ciucă (; born 22 September 1967) is a Romanian politician and retired general of the Romanian Land Forces. Ideologically a conservative, he served as Prime Minister of Romania between 25 November 2021 and 12 June 2023 after receiv ...

, from 4 November 2019 to 15 June 2023. He previously served in the

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and second cabinets led by

Ludovic Orban Ludovic Orban (; born 25 May 1963) is a Romanian engineer and politician who was the prime minister of Romania from November 2019 to December 2020. He was president of the National Liberal Party (PNL) between 2017 and 2021, which expelled him sh ...

, as well as in the

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led by

Florin Cîțu Florin Vasile Cîțu (; born 1 April 1972) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between December 2020 and November 2021 (acting/ad interim between October and November 2021). Sometimes labeled as Romania's first liber ...

. Born in

Drobeta-Turnu Severin Drobeta-Turnu Severin (), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. It is one of six Romanian county seats List of cities and towns on the river Danube, lyin ...

, he graduated the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers of the

Politehnica University of Bucharest Politehnica University of Bucharest () is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania founded in 1818.University of Craiova The University of Craiova () is a public university located in Craiova, Romania. It was founded in 1947, initially with four institutes, in the Palace of Justice of Craiova. It is the largest university in the historical Oltenia province of Roma ...

(2000) and a master's degree in Business Analysis, Diagnosis and Assessment from the Faculty of Economy and Business Management at the University of Craiova (2009). Since December 2016, he has been representing

Mehedinți County Mehedinți County () is a county () of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes (Dubova, Mehedinți, Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svi ...

in the

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, as a member of the National Liberal Party.

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1968 births Living people People from Drobeta-Turnu Severin Politehnica University of Bucharest alumni University of Craiova alumni National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Romanian Cabinet MEPs for Romania 2024–2029 National Liberal Party (Romania) MEPs {{Romania-politician-stub