Ioan Vulpescu

Ioan Vulpescu
Romanian Minister of Culture
Assumed office
4 January 2017
President Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu
Preceded by Corina Șuteu
In office
17 December 2014 – 17 November 2015
President Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister Victor Ponta
Preceded by Csilla Hegedüs
Succeeded by Vlad Alexandrescu
Member of the Senate of Romania
Assumed office
20 December 2016
Constituency Bucharest
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Assumed office
19 December 2012 – 19 December 2016
Personal details
Born (1976-06-17) 17 June 1976
Marghita, Romania
Political party Social Democratic Party
Occupation Politician

Ionuț Vulpescu (born 17 June 1976) is a Romanian politician. A member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2012,[1] he was the Minister of Culture in the Fourth Ponta Cabinet from 17 December 2014 to 17 November 2015[2] and has held the position again since 4 January 2017.

Biography

Studies

Ionuț Vulpescu graduated from the faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Bucharest. He has a master's in Doctrine and Culture and a PhD in Philosophy from the same institution.[3]

From 2000 to 2004, he serve as an expert at the Department of Culture - Religions of the Presidential Administration. Beginning in 2004, he became adviser to then-President of Romania Ion Iliescu.[4] He was executive secretary of the PSD, in charge of political strategies.

Since the founding of "the Club of Bucharest" in 2009, Vulpescu has been its vice president. The group was established in Iliescu's office for his close network of politicians and supporters, who lost power at a time of internal PSD divisions.[4]

Politics

In September 2012, Vulpescu was appointed by Prime Minister Victor Ponta as a member of the Board of the Romanian Cultural Institute. He left that office 28 January 2013 after winning a Bucharest seat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies at the 2012 legislative election. In the Chamber, he sits on the Committee for Culture, Arts and mass media,[5] and has served as Minister of Culture since 4 January 2017.

References

  1. ↑ Ioan VULPESCU — Sinteza activitatii parlamentare în legislatura 2012-prezent
  2. ↑ Miniștrii Guvernului României — Ioan Vulpescu
  3. ↑ BIOGRAFIE: Deputatul PSD Ionuț Vulpescu, un apropiat al lui Ion Iliescu, propus ministru al Culturii
  4. 1 2 Noul Guvern Ponta.
  5. ↑ Ioan Vulpescu, propus ministru al Culturii (fișă biografică)
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