20 Facts About Victor Negrescu

Victor Negrescu was born on 17 August 1985 and is a Romanian politician of the Social Democratic Party.

Victor Negrescu is a Member of European Parliament and he was Minister Delegate for European Affairs in the government of Romania between 2017 and 2018.

Victor Negrescu was born in 1985 in Alba Iulia into the family of diplomat Ion Negrescu, who was Romania's consul in Brussels, which is why Victor completed his pre-university studies there.

Between 2014 and 2017, Negrescu was a Member of the European Parliament.

Victor Negrescu initiated several EU-funded pilot projects worth more than 8 million EUR for the Romanian research industry and for the development of the IT sector, as well as a pilot project which allocates 1 million EUR to enable access to health care in rural areas.

Victor Negrescu's work was focused not only on students, but on young entrepreneurs and researchers.

Victor Negrescu was one of the MEPs involved in the mobilization of European funds to support redundant European workers in several countries.

In June 2017, Victor Negrescu became the youngest member of the Tudose Cabinet, as a Minister delegate for European Affairs, stating that his ministerial mandate has two pillars: national consensus on European matters and ensuring democratic access to information about European matters.

Victor Negrescu met with representatives of the Romanian community in the UK and held consultations with the European Union negotiating team.

Victor Negrescu supported the European integration of the Republic of Moldova and contributed to the intensification of the political and diplomatic cooperation between the two countries.

On June 25,2018, Victor Negrescu chaired, along with the Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration of the Republic of Moldova, Iurie Leanca, the 5th session of the Intergovernmental Commission Romania-Moldova for European Integration.

Victor Negrescu resigned from his office on 10 November 2018, stating that Romania was ready to take over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and adding: "I considered that in order to carry out my mandate I need to have all the means at disposal to perform best and fulfill this mission the way I had done by then, observing certain professional standards and requirements, and respecting everything that to me signifies common values and European customs and traditions".

In February 2020, Victor Negrescu took office as a member of the European Parliament, after the United Kingdom left the European Union.

Victor Negrescu is a member of the Committee on Culture and Education and the Committee on Budgets.

In 2024, Victor Negrescu was nominated by the Romanian government to serve as the next EU Commissioner from Romania.

However, following pressure from President von der Leyen for Member States to nominate more women to the College of Commissioners, Victor Negrescu's name was withdrawn in favour of Roxana Minzatu.

In 2009 Victor Negrescu started teaching at the Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University in Bucharest.

Victor Negrescu was Vice-Rector of SNSPA, the main responsibility being the coordination of projects and activities aimed at developing the European profile of the university.

Victor Negrescu holds an MBA in executive business and a PhD in development cooperation.

Victor Negrescu won the "MEP of the Year" Award in the Digital Agenda category of the MEP Awards 2015.