Occupation Politician Succeeded by Vlad Alexandrescu | ||
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Political party Social Democratic Party Similar Ana Birchall, Daniel Constantin, Mircea‑Titus Dobre, Mihai Tudose, Teodor Meleșcanu Profiles | ||
Ionuț Vulpescu (born 17 June 1976) is a Romanian politician. A member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2012, he was the Minister of Culture in the Fourth Ponta Cabinet from 17 December 2014 to 17 November 2015.
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Studies
Ionuț Vulpescu graduated from the faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Bucharest. He has a master's in Doctrine and Culture and a PhD in Philosophy from the same institution.
In 2000-2004, he was an expert at the Department of Culture - Religions of the Presidential Administration. Until 2004, he was adviser to then-President of Romania Ion Iliescu. He was executive secretary of the PSD, in charge of political strategies.
Since 2009, Vulpescu is vice president of "the Club of Bucharest", a foundation established in Iliescu's office for his close network of politicians and supporters, who lost power at a time of internal PSD divisions.
Politics
In September 2012, Vulpescu was appointed by Prime Minister Victor Ponta as a member of the Board of ICR, being removed from office on 28 January 2013 after winning a Bucharest seat in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies at the 2012 legislative election. In the Chamber, he sits on the Committee for Culture, Arts and mass media.
