Lucian Romașcanu
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Lucian N. Romașcanu (born 19 May 1967) is a Romanian politician serving as Minister of Culture from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he has been Senator for Buzău since 2016. He previously served as Culture Minister from 2017 to 2018.
Lucian Romașcanu | |
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Minister of Culture | |
In office 25 November 2021 – 15 June 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Nicolae Ciucă |
Preceded by | Bogdan Gheorghiu |
Succeeded by | Raluca Turcan |
In office 29 June 2017 – 29 January 2018 | |
Prime Minister | Mihai Tudose Mihai Fifor[lower-alpha 1] |
Preceded by | Bogdan Gheorghiu |
Succeeded by | George Ivașcu |
Spokesman of the Social Democratic Party | |
Assumed office 11 November 2021 | |
Leader | Marcel Ciolacu |
Preceded by | Ștefan-Radu Oprea |
In office April 2020 – 21 August 2020 | |
Leader | Marcel Ciolacu |
Leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Senate | |
In office 2020–2021 | |
Leader | Marcel Ciolacu |
Member of the Senate for Buzău | |
Assumed office 20 December 2016 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1967-05-19) 19 May 1967 (age 56) Focșani, Vrancea County, Romania |
Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Children | 2 |
Education | Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu National College |
Alma mater | Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies University of Washington ASEBUSS Bucharest (EMBA) |
Romașcanu was elected for Buzău at the 2016 legislative election. Following Mihai Tudose's appointment as Prime Minister, Romașcanu was appointed Minister of Culture. From January 2017, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Culture and Media of the Senate. In August 2020, after it was shown that he had sworn at journalists before a press conference, Romașcanu was dismissed as spokesman of the PSD.
Romașcanu served as Leader of the PSD in the Senate from 2020 to 2021. Under Nicolae Ciucă, Romașcanu was reinstated to his previous role of Minister of Culture.