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Dacian Cioloș
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64th Prime Minister of Romania (2015-2017)
Key facts
- President
- Klaus Iohannis
- Preceded by
- Sorin Cîmpeanu (Acting)
- Succeeded by
- Sorin Grindeanu
- Prime minister
- Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
- Born
- ( 1969-07-27 ) 27 July 1969 (age 56) , Zalău , Romania
- Party
- Independent (before 2018), PLUS (2018–2021), USR (2021–2022), REPER (2022–present)
- Other political affiliations
- EPP (2016–2019), ALDE (2019–present)
- Spouse
- Valérie Villemin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 )
- Education
- University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine , National Graduate School of Agriculture, Rennes , University of Montpellier 1
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Romania
- Place of birth
- Zalău
- Occupation
- agronomist
- Political party
- Renewing Romania's European Project
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Image
- Dacian Cioloș.png
- Height
- 170
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Encyclopedic overview
Dacian Julien Cioloș ( Romanian: [datʃiˈan ˈtʃoloʃ]; born 27 July 1969) is a Romanian agronomist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from November 2015 to January 2017. He previously served as Agriculture Minister under Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between October 2007 and December 2008. In November 2009, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso nominated him to be the next Agriculture Commissioner, a position he assumed in February 2010 and held until his term expired in November 2014. In November 2015, President Klaus Iohannis named him prime minister; Cioloș assumed office after receiving approval from Parliament.
He remained until after the 2016 parliamentary election, which was lost by the parties that called for Cioloș to continue his term. Cioloș is the founder of the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) within the larger former political construction USR PLUS (2019–2021). Between October 2021 and February 2022, he led the Save Romania Union (USR), into which the party he founded was merged. In May 2019, he was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), subsequently becoming leader of the new Renew Europe political group. He relinquished the leadership upon becoming USR president.
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