Vasile Sebastian Dîncu (; born 25 November 1961) is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n politician, sociologist, professor and writer who served as

Deputy Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a Minister (government), government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to th ...

in the Cioloș Cabinet and was Minister of National Defence in the Ciucă Cabinet.

Biography

Vasile Dîncu was born on 25 November 1961 in Năsăud, a town now in

Bistrița-Năsăud County Bistrița-Năsăud () is a county (județ) of Romania, in Transylvania, with its capital city at Bistrița. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian, it is known as ''Beszterce-Naszód megye'', and in German language, German as ''Kreis Bistritz-N ...

. Dîncu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2019, having previously been part of the party from 2000 to 2008. He has also been a

Member of the European Parliament A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been Election, elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...

, of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and a Senator of Romania. Between 2015 and 2017, Dîncu served as

and Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration in the cabinet of former

Prime Minister of Romania The prime minister of Romania (), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania (), is the head of the Government of Romania, Government of Romania. Initially, the office was styled ''President of the Council of Ministers'' (), when ...

Dacian Cioloș Dacian Julien Cioloș (; born 27 July 1969) is a Romanian Agronomy, agronomist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from November 2015 to January 2017. He previously served as Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development (Romania), A ...

. He then retired from politics for a while, but later returned and, on 2020, he was elected once again as a member of the

Senate of Romania 2012–2016 2008–2012 In December 2008, the Democratic Liberal Party (Romania), Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and the Alliance PSD+PC, political alliance established between the Social Democratic Party of Romania, Social Democratic Party ...

for PSD. On 25 November 2021, Dîncu was appointed as Minister of National Defence in the Ciucă Cabinet, succeeding Nicolae Ciucă in his post as the latter became the new

. On 24 October 2022 Dîncu resigned as Minister of National Defence following comments he made on social media recommending the US and NATO should negotiate with Russia on behalf of Ukraine. His position was validated by the subsequent evolution of international events, proving to be almost prophetic. He also cited an inability to collaborate with the President as his reason for resigning. Dîncu has published several books. He is a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.

References

External links

European Parliament profile

European Parliament official photo

Senate of Romania - Vasile Dîncu 2020
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dincu, Vasile 1961 births Living people People from Năsăud Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians Social Democratic Party (Romania) MEPs MEPs for Romania 2007 Ministers of defence of Romania Babeș-Bolyai University alumni Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Romanian sociologists Romanian writers MEPs for Romania 2024–2029