Daniel Popescu (politician)

Nicolae-Daniel Popescu (born May 31, 1981, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Suceava County, Bukovina, Romania) is a Romanian politician currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the Chamber of Deputies. He is a vice-chair of the Committee for Romanian Communities Living Abroad, and a member of the Committee for Defence, Public Order, and National Security. Popescu is also a vice-leader of the Save Romania Union (USR) parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies.[1]

Daniel Popescu
Member of Parliament
In office
19 April 2017 – present
Personal details
Born
Nicolae Daniel Popescu

(1981-05-31) 31 May 1981
NationalityRomanian
Political partySave Romania Union (USR)
Alma materAlexandru Ioan Cuza University
ProfessionResearcher, manager

Education and career

Popescu graduated in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in law from the "Petre Andrei" University of Iasi. He has also completed a postgraduate programme in politics and European integration at the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iasi (2007) and a postgraduate programme in security and good government from the “Carol I” National Defence University, Bucharest (2018).

Popescu has over 10 years of professional experience in education and research. He is a former researcher and manager of the research department at the National Recognition and Information Centre for the United Kingdom (UK NARIC) and an active member of the Romanian community in the UK. In 2012 he launched the Network of Romanian Professionals Abroad, and in 2015 the Romanian Gloucestershire weekend School in Cheltenham, attended by children of Romanian origins form Gloucestershire.

His work for the Romanian community was recognised in 2013 by the Romanian Embassy in the UK, which awarded him with an “Ambassador Diploma”[2] in the category “Work for the Romanian Community” for the positive role he played in the process of integrating Romanian professionals into the British society, and for improving the recognition of Romanian qualifications in UK[3]

References
  1. "The parliamentary group of the Union to Save Romania". www.cdep.ro. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
  2. Design, End Soft (2016-02-29). "Românul ajuns manager la o agenție guvernamentală britanică". Diaspora Romaneasca. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  3. Design, End Soft (2015-07-20). "MESERIA ȘI CALIFICAREA CONTEAZĂ!". Diaspora Romaneasca. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
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