Vasile Dîncu

Vasile Sebastian Dîncu (Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile ˈdɨŋku]; born 25 November 1961 in Năsăud) is a Romanian politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration in the cabinet of Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș. Although the Cioloș cabinet was non-partisan, he is a member of the Social Democratic Party and the Party of European Socialists. He was a Member of the European Parliament in 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union and a member of the Senate of Romania.

Vasile Dîncu
Vasile Dîncu
Deputy Prime Minister of Romania
In office 17 November 2015 – 4 January 2017
President	Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister	Dacian Cioloș
Preceded by	Gabriel Oprea
Succeeded by	Sevil Shhaideh
Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration
In office 17 November 2015 – 4 January 2017
Preceded by	Sevil Shhaideh
Succeeded by	Sevil Shhaideh
Member of the European Parliament for Romania
In office 1 January 2007 – 13 May 2007
Senator
In office 14 February 2004 – 20 December 2008
Personal details
Born	(1961-11-25) 25 November 1961 Năsăud, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Alma mater	University of Cluj
Scientific career
Fields	Politics, sociology, history, pedagogy
Institutions	University of Bucharest, University of Cluj

In his party he has been associated with the so-called Cluj Group, who are in favour of reforms in the Social Democratic Party. The Cluj Group was strongly opposed to the efforts of the PSD leadership, aimed at impeaching the Romanian President.