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Sorin Grindeanu

Sorin Grindeanu

Sorin Mihai Grindeanu (born 1973) is a Romanian Social Democratic Party politician, trained in mathematics and informatics in Timișoara.

Born
1973 (52 years), Caransebeș
Party
Social Democratic Party
Office
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania 2025–
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania 2020–
Education
West University of Timișoara, Romanian Diplomatic Institute
Political position

Centre-left · Where sources place the party (Social Democratic Party)
Wikipedia: centre-left (Social Democratic Party)
Ideology: social democracy

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He was Prime Minister from January to June 2017 and has been President of the Chamber of Deputies since June 2025. He is named among the possible contenders for Prime Minister of Romania.

Career

Born in Caransebeș, Grindeanu studied mathematics and informatics at West University of Timișoara (1997), social statistics at the University of Bologna (1999) and military science at the National Intelligence Academy (2013). He was deputy mayor of Timișoara from 2008 to 2012, Minister of Communications from December 2014 to November 2015 and president of the Timiș County Council from June 2016 to January 2017. He served as Prime Minister from January to June 2017, when a no-confidence motion removed him after he lost the support of party leader Liviu Dragnea. He was Deputy Prime Minister from November 2021 to June 2023 and Minister of Transport and Infrastructure from November 2021 to June 2025.

Offices held
  1. President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania 2021–2021, 2025–
  2. Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania 2012–2016, 2020–
  3. Minister of Transport and Infrastructure 2021–2025
  4. Deputy Prime-Minister of Romania 2021–2023
  5. Prime Minister of Romania 2017–2017
  6. Chairperson of Timiș County Council 2016–2017
  7. Minister of Communications and Information Society 2014–2015

Source: Wikidata

Positions

He belongs to the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which Wikipedia places on the centre-left. In early 2017 his government issued an ordinance on pardoning certain offences, which Wikipedia reports drew mass protests; he repealed it.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: gov.ro (Romanian Government), Attribution, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

  1. Sorin Grindeanu 11%
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Prime Minister of Romania?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Luca Niculescu5561%
Sorin GrindeanuCentre-left5211%
Alexandru Nazare4610%
Eugen TomacCentre-right452%
Alexandru RogobeteCentre-left352%
George SimionFar right402%
Ilie BolojanCentre-right572%
Dan MotreanuCentre-right562%
Șerban Matei1%
Leonardo BadeaCentre-left511%
Victor Ponta541%
Cătălin PredoiuCentre-right581%

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