Lucian N. Romașcanu (born 19 May 1967) is a Romanian politician serving as Minister of Culture from 2021 to 2023. A member of the

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(PSD), he has been

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for Buzău since 2016. He previously served as Culture Minister from 2017 to 2018. Romașcanu was elected for Buzău at the 2016 legislative election. Following

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'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.

Early life

Romașcanu was born in Focșani,

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, Romania. He attended

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, Buzău, graduating in 1985. He worked as an economist at the Faculty of Commerce at the

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in 1991. He obtained an Executive MBA (EMBA) from the University of Washington and ASEBUSS Bucharest in 2002.

Career

From 2015 to 2016, Romașcanu was acting country manager for technology company Tailwind. Romașcanu served as leader of the Social Democratic Party in the Senate from 2020 to 2021. On 25 November 2021 he was appointed Minister of Culture in the government of Nicolae Ciucă.

Dismissal as Spokesman of the Social Democratic Party

On 21 August 2020, it was revealed that Romașcanu had sworn at journalists before a press conference, after journalists had left the press conference room to attend a press conference with the Leader of the PSD,

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. Later that day on 21 August, Romașcanu said that he regretted his use of language, and that his language was related to dissatisfaction about his colleagues who had left the PSD. Romașcanu was dismissed.

Personal life

Romașcanu is married and has two children.

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