Sorin Grindeanu

Sorin Grindeanu
Grindeanu in 2018
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Acting
2 November 2021 – 23 November 2021
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Preceded byFlorin Roman (Acting)
Succeeded byMarcel Ciolacu
Prime Minister of Romania
In office
4 January 2017 – 29 June 2017
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Preceded byDacian Cioloș
Succeeded byMihai Tudose
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office
25 November 2021 – 15 June 2023
Serving with Hunor Kelemen
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterNicolae Ciucă
Preceded byDan Barna
Succeeded by
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
Assumed office
25 November 2021
Prime Minister
Preceded byDan Vîlceanu (Acting)
Minister of Communications
In office
17 December 2014 – 17 November 2015
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byRăzvan Cotovelea
Succeeded byMarius Bostan
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
21 December 2020
ConstituencyTimiș County
In office
19 December 2012 – 26 June 2016
ConstituencyTimiș County
President of the Timiș County Council
In office
26 June 2016 – 4 January 2017
Preceded byTitu Bojin
Succeeded byCălin-Ionel Dobra
Deputy Mayor of Timișoara
In office
June 2008 – December 2012
MayorGheorghe Ciuhandu
Member of the Local Council of Timișoara
In office
June 2004 – June 2008
MayorGheorghe Ciuhandu
Personal details
Born
Sorin Mihai Grindeanu

(1973-12-05) 5 December 1973 (age 50)
Caransebeș, Caraș-Severin County, Romania
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseMihaela Grindeanu
Children2
Alma materWest University of Timișoara

Sorin Mihai Grindeanu (Romanian pronunciation: [soˈrin miˈhaj ɡrinˈde̯anu]; born 5 December 1973) is a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania from January to June 2017 when he was removed by a motion of no confidence adopted by the Parliament. He served as ad interim President of the Chamber of Deputies in November 2021. He currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister of Romania since 25 November 2021 as a part of the Ciucă Cabinet, along with Hunor Kelemen.

Grindeanu was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 2012 until the June 2016 local election, when he became president of the Timiș County Council.[1]

A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was nominated by the leader of the party, Liviu Dragnea, on 28 December 2016 to form a new government after the party won the legislative election of the previous year in a landslide. Two days later, President Klaus Iohannis officially appointed him as prime minister.[2][3] He assumed office on 4 January 2017. He was also Minister for Communications under the fourth cabinet of Victor Ponta, between 17 December 2014 and 17 November 2015.[4]

In early 2017, his government adopted a decree decriminalizing certain official misconduct, sparking widespread protests.[5]

  1. ^ "Sorin Grindeanu, noul premier al României". Mediafax (in Romanian). 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Romania gets new PM Sorin Grindeanu, ending political turmoil". The Indian Express. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Romania: Veteran leftist Sorin Grindeanu named PM-designate". euronews. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Romanian Party Makes New Pick for Premier to Avert Crisis". Bloomberg.com. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Protesters in Romania denounce plan to decriminalise misconduct offences". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2017.