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Siegfried Mureșan

Siegfried Mureșan

Siegfried Vasile Mureșan, born in 1981, is a Romanian economist and Member of the European Parliament since 2014, a vice-president of the European People's Party since 2019 and a member of the National Liberal Party.

Born
1981 (45 years), Hunedoara
Party
National Liberal Party
Office
Member of the European Parliament 2014–
Education
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Bucharest University of Economic Studies
Website
siegfriedmuresan.eu
Political position

Centre-right · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: centre-right within the EPP framework
Ideology: liberal conservatism, pro-Europeanism, Christian democracy

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President Nicușor Dan nominated him as Prime Minister, and his government failed to win a confidence vote in parliament on 30 September 2026.

Career

Mureșan graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 2004 and took a master's degree at Humboldt University of Berlin in 2006. He has been an MEP since 1 July 2014, first for the People's Movement Party (2014–2018) and then the National Liberal Party, in the EPP Group. He has been EPP vice-president since November 2019 and vice-chair of the EPP Group. His European Parliament work includes being EPP negotiator on the 2017 EU budget, rapporteur on the 2018 budget and co-rapporteur on the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

Positions

Wikipedia places him in the centre-right, within the EPP. Presenting his programme to parliament, he described a reform-oriented programme for a modern, strong, prosperous, democratic and secure Romania. PNL, USR and UDMR backed his government; the PSD attended without voting and AUR members were absent. He received 182 votes in favour against the 233 needed, according to Stiri pe Surse.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia · Stiri pe Surse

Photo: European Union 2024 - Source : EP, European Parliament, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Romania?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Luca Niculescu5568%
Sorin GrindeanuCentre-left5211%
Alexandru Nazare4610%
Eugen TomacCentre-right452%
George SimionFar right402%
Ilie BolojanCentre-right572%
Alexandru RogobeteCentre-left352%
Dan MotreanuCentre-right562%
Șerban Matei1%
Leonardo BadeaCentre-left511%
Victor Ponta541%
Siegfried MureșanCentre-right45<1%

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