PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Minister – October 20, 2026 – present

Ministry of National Defence

• Senator – 04.2026 – present

Senate of Romanian Parliament

• Secretary General of the Government – ​​06.2025 – 04.2026

Romanian Government 

• Head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery – 12.2024 – 06.2025

Romanian Government

• Minister – 06.2023 – 12.2024

Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism

• Leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Social Democratic Party – 11.2021 – 06.2023

Senate – Romanian Parliament

• Spokesperson – 2021 – 2023

Social Democratic Party

• Senator – 12.2020 – 12.2024

Senate – Romanian Parliament

-    Member of the Committee for Budget, Finance, Banking Activity and Capital Markets

-    Member of the Committee for Economy, Industry and Services

-    Member of the Committee for Energy, Energy Infrastructure and Mineral Resources

• Quaestor – 09.2021 – 11.2021

Senate – Romanian Parliament

• Vice - President – ​​12.2020 – 08.2021

Senate – Romanian Parliament

• Minister – 01.2018 – 11.2019

Ministry for the Business Environment and Commerce and Entrepreneurship

• Senator - 2016 – 2020

Senate - Romanian Parliament

-    12.2016 – 01.2017 Secretary of the Committee for Economic Development and Strategy

-    01.2017 – 08.2017 Vice-Chair of the Committee for Economic Affairs, Industry, and Services

-    12.2016 – 01.2018 Member of the Committee for European Affairs

-    09.2018 – 09.2020 Member of the Committee for Human Rights, Equal Opportunities, Religious Denominations, and Minorities

-    09.2020 – 12.2020 Member of the Committee for Budget, Finance, Banking, and Capital Markets

-    12.2019 – 12.2020 Secretary of the Committee for Defence, Public Order, and National Security

• Chair of the Committee for Economic Development and Strategy - 02.2016 – 12.2016

Senate - Romanian Parliament

• Senator - 2012 – 2016

Senate - Romania Parliament

-    Member of the Committee for Economic Affairs, Industry, and Services

-    Member of the Committee for Constitutionality, Civil Liberties, and Monitoring the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

• Administrator - 10.2009 – 2012

Urban ICIM Group of Companies, Ploiești

-    General Contracting in Civil and Industrial Construction

• Prefect - 03.2009 – 10.2009

Prahova County Prefecture

-    Public Administration

• Administrator - 2000 – 2009

Urban ICIM Group of Companies, Ploiești

-    General Contracting for Civil and Industrial Construction

• European Projects Consultant - 1994 – 2000

Eurodec Foundation – Local Development Agency, Ploiești

-    Project Manager for "Training for Greening through IT Support," under the Leonardo da Vinci Programme

• Director - 1998 – 2000

SC SF Bau SRL (member of the Austrian Group Strabag), Bucharest

-    Project Development and Construction of an Office Building for "Raytheon Engineering & Construction," USA

• Director - 1992 – 1998

SC Optimex SRL, Ploiești

-    Organization of Contracting Activities, International Transport, and the Import and Installation of Technological Equipment

• Administrator - 1990 – 1991

SC Util 2000 SRL, Ploiești

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• Doctoral School - 10.2025 – Present

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

-    Faculty of Economic Sciences

• "Foreign Policy and Diplomacy" Course - 10.2015 – 03.2016

Romanian Diplomatic Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• "Security and Good Governance" Postgraduate Program (in Military Sciences, Intelligence, and Public Order) - 2013

National Defence College, Bucharest

• High-level public servant specialized training program - 2009

National Institute of Administration, Bucharest

• Financial Management Certificate - 1998

International Management Foundation and GOPA (Germany)

• Networking Certificate - 1997

International Management Foundation and GOPA (Germany)

• Assisting Local/Regional Development Initiatives - 1997

International Management Foundation and GOPA Germany

• Management for Young Entrepreneurs, including practical training at United Kingdom companies – 1995

Scholarship awarded by the British Council and the Confederation of British Industry

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 1989 – 1994

Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești – Faculty of Technological Equipment

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY AND PUBLICATIONS

• The Technologies of the Future in the Field of Fertilizers and Romania’s Opportunities to Recover this Industry, Amfiteatru Economic (2025)
• The Impact of the EU – MERCOSUR Trade Agreement on the Romanian Economy, Annals of the Constantin Brâncuși University of Târgu Jiu, Economy Series (2026)
• Educational Attainment at the Tertiary Level: Patterns and Socioeconomic Implications, European Journal of Sustainable Development (2026)
• The Race for Electric Vehicle Supremacy: Who Will Lead the Future of Mobility?, European Journal of Sustainable Development (2026)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English – C1 level (listening, reading, writing, and speaking).

POLITICAL ACTIVITY

Member of the Social Democratic Party (2007 – present).