Virgil-Daniel Popescu

Virgil-Daniel Popescu
MEP
Official portrait, 2024
Minister of Energy
In office
4 November 2019 – 15 June 2023
Prime MinisterLudovic Orban
Nicolae Ciucă (Acting)
Florin Cîțu
Nicolae Ciucă
Personal details
Born (1968-04-25) April 25, 1968
Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Mehedinți County, Romania
PartyNational Liberal Party (PNL)
Alma materPolitehnica University of Bucharest

Virgil-Daniel Popescu (born April 25, 1968) is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Energy in the Ciucă Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, from 4 November 2019 to 15 June 2023.[1] He previously served in the first and second cabinets led by Ludovic Orban, as well as in the cabinet led by Florin Cîțu.[2][3]

Born in Drobeta-Turnu Severin, he graduated the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers of the Politehnica University of Bucharest in 1991. He holds a doctor's degree in Management from the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Craiova (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 in the Chamber of Deputies, as a member of the National Liberal Party.[4]

Popescu is working to accelerate the phase-out of Russian natural gas imports. He advocates for stronger risk-monitoring tools for EU member states to prevent energy leverage and coercion. He also regularly presses EU officials on maintaining national autonomy in choosing nuclear energy mixes and cautions against heavy European supply chain reliance on Chinese renewable technologies. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Lista completă a miniștrilor din Guvernul Nicolae Ciucă / Cine a câștigat și cine a pierdut din împărțirea portofoliilor". G4Media (in Romanian). November 23, 2021. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Members of Citu Government take oath of office". ACTMedia News Agency. 24 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Guvernul Cîțu a fost votat în Parlament. A primit 260 de voturi pentru și 186 împotrivă". Alba24 (in Romanian). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Virgil Daniel Popescu picked for minister of Economy, Energy, Business, Environment and Tourism". Agerpres. October 24, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Virgil-Daniel Popescu". March 25, 2026.
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