17 Facts About Maria Grapini

Maria Grapini was born on 7 November 1954 and is a Romanian businesswoman and politician.

Maria Grapini served as the Deputy Minister in the Second Ponta cabinet.

Since 2014, Grapini has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

Maria Grapini graduated from the Beresti Theoretical High School in 1973 and the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi in 1978.

Maria Grapini held various positions at the Garofita Textile Enterprise in Timisoara until 1989.

Maria Grapini served as the president of the Council of Administration of SC Pasmatex Conf International SA from 1998 to 2012.

Maria Grapini was the president of both the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Romania and the Light Industry Employers Federation.

Maria Grapini was a member of the National Council of Exporters and Honorary Consul of India in Romania.

Between 2006 and 2015, Maria Grapini was the vice president of the Conservative Party.

In June 2015, Maria Grapini announced her resignation from the party.

Maria Grapini accused PC President Daniel Constantin of seizing the party and being responsible for its disappearance following the decision of unifying it with the Liberal Reformist Party.

In 2012, Maria Grapini was elected as the deputy of the 37th constituency at Timis County.

Maria Grapini later resigned from Parliament for the same reason.

Maria Grapini was re-elected at the 2019 European Parliament election in Romania.

The first was published in 2011 and contains interviews that Maria Grapini had over time at Radio Timisoara.

Maria Grapini has attracted media criticism due to her frequent spelling and punctuation mistakes in her Facebook account.

Later, Maria Grapini said she disagreed with the statement and explained why she distributed the message:.