Vasile Dîncu

Vasile Sebastian Dîncu (Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile ˈdɨŋku]; born 25 November 1961 in Năsăud) is a Romanian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration in the cabinet of Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș. Although the Cioloș cabinet was non-partisan, he is a member of the Social Democratic Party and the Party of European Socialists. He was a Member of the European Parliament in 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union and a member of the Senate of Romania.

Vasile Dîncu
Vasile Dîncu
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office
17 November 2015  4 January 2017
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterDacian Cioloș
Preceded byGabriel Oprea
Succeeded bySevil Shhaideh
Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration
In office
17 November 2015  4 January 2017
Preceded bySevil Shhaideh
Succeeded bySevil Shhaideh
Member of the European Parliament for Romania
In office
1 January 2007  13 May 2007
Senator
In office
14 February 2004  20 December 2008
Personal details
Born (1961-11-25) 25 November 1961
Năsăud, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania
NationalityRomanian
Alma materUniversity of Cluj
Scientific career
FieldsPolitics, sociology, history, pedagogy
InstitutionsUniversity of Bucharest,
University of Cluj

In his party he has been associated with the so-called Cluj Group, who are in favour of reforms in the Social Democratic Party. The Cluj Group was strongly opposed to the efforts of the PSD leadership, aimed at impeaching the Romanian President.


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