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Virgil Popescu

Politician

Virgil Popescu is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Virgil Popescu · Virgil-Daniel Popescu · Вирджил Попеску · Вірджил-Даніель Попеску · 비르질다니엘 포페스쿠				[sources]
Alias	Daniel Popescu · Popescu Virgil-Daniel · 비르질 포페스쿠				[sources]
Birth date	1968-04-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Drobeta-Turnu Severin				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Romania				[sources]
Country	European Union · Romania				[sources]
Citizenship	Romania				[sources]
Classification	International organization (current) · National government (unknown status)				[sources]
E-Mail	virgil.popescu@cdep.ro				[sources]
First name	Daniel · Virgil · Virgil-Daniel				[sources]
Last name	Popescu				[sources]
Political association	National Liberal Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q28113715				[sources]
Position	Chamber of Deputies (member, 2016-) · Member of the European Parliament (2024-) · Minister of Energy (2020-2023) · Minister of the Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (2019-2020) · Minister of the Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (2021-2021) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Politehnica University of Bucharest (-1991)				[sources]
Source link	www.europarl.europa.eu				[sources]
Last change	2026-02-24	Last processed	2026-02-24	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Romanian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats)	-	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of the Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship and Tourism	2019-11-04	2020-12-23

Data sources

European Parliament Members934

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European Union · EP

MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,633

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,310

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories339,199

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions505,060

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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