14 Facts About Sorin Grindeanu

Sorin Grindeanu served as ad interim President of the Chamber of Deputies in November 2021.

Sorin Grindeanu served as Deputy Prime Minister of Romania since 25 November 2021 as a part of the Ciuca Cabinet, along with Hunor Kelemen.

Sorin Grindeanu was Minister for Communications under the fourth cabinet of Victor Ponta, between 17 December 2014 and 17 November 2015.

Nicolae Sorin Grindeanu entered politics, having served as leader of the local organisation of the Social Democratic Party in Caransebes and currently serving a term as county councillor in the Caras-Severin local council.

Sorin Grindeanu has received degrees in various fields from the Institute for Adult Education in Frankfurt, University of Aveiro and the Leeds Beckett University.

Sorin Grindeanu entered politics in November 1996 as a member of the Partidul Democratiei Sociale din Romania, which would be later renamed the Social Democratic Party, following its merger with another minor left-wing party and becoming a member of the Socialist International.

Sorin Grindeanu made his entry into national politics in 2012 when he was elected for a four-years term as deputy in the Parliament of Romania.

Sorin Grindeanu has supported a proposal for the chemical castration of those accused of paedophilia.

Sorin Grindeanu was appointed Minister of Communications on 17 December 2014 as part of the Ponta Cabinet, a position he held until the latter's resignation on 5 November 2015 and the subsequent dissolution of his government on 17 November 2015.

On 30 June 2016, Sorin Grindeanu resigned as MP to return to his home county of Timis, where he was elected President of the local county council as part of a deal between the social-democrats, PMP, and ALDE.

Early into his premiership, Sorin Grindeanu was faced with widespread protests all over the country after his government proposed an ordinance bill regarding the pardoning of certain committed crimes, and the amendment of the Penal Code of Romania to decriminalise abuse of power if the amount of money stolen was less than 200.000 RON.

The relationship between Dragnea and Sorin Grindeanu slowly deteriorated starting April 2017 with sources pointing to the lack of trust between the two, the former believing the latter was interesting in creating a power pole in order to challenge his leadership.

Sorin Grindeanu refused to resign, citing his responsibility as Prime Minister of Romania.

On 15 June 2017, Sorin Grindeanu was excluded from the Social Democratic Party by the executive committee of the PSD.