Adina-Ioana Vălean

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Adina-Ioana Vălean
Vălean in 2019
European Commissioner for Transport
Assumed office
1 December 2019
PresidentUrsula von der Leyen
Preceded byVioleta Bulc
Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
In office
10 July 2019 – 1 December 2019
DeputyZdzisław Krasnodębski
Preceded byJerzy Buzek
Succeeded byCristian Bușoi
Sixth Vice President of the European Parliament
In office
1 July 2014 – 18 January 2017
PresidentMartin Schulz
Antonio Tajani
Preceded byRoberta Angelilli
Succeeded byRyszard Czarnecki
Member of the European Parliament
for Romania
In office
1 January 2007 – 1 December 2019
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Călărași County
In office
28 November 2004 – 1 January 2007
Personal details
Born (1968-02-16) 16 February 1968 (age 56)
European People's Party
(2014–present)
SpouseCrin Antonescu
Children1
EducationUniversity of Bucharest
WebsiteOfficial website

Adina-Ioana Vălean (born 16 February 1968) is a Romanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Transport under the leadership of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen since 2019.[1] She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 until 2019, where she chaired of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy in 2019.

Education

Vălean has a master's degree in European Integration and Security Studies, postgraduate studies in National Security and Defence Management and a bachelor's degree in mathematics.[2]

Political career

Career in national politics

A member of the

2004 elections).[3]

Member of the European Parliament, 2007–2019

Vălean became a

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; in 2019, she became the committee's chairwoman. During her time on the committee, she was the Parliament's rapporteur for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)[1] and the European Union roaming regulations.[4]

From 2014 to 2017, Vălean was one of the

Committee on Petitions from 2009 until 2014.[6][7]

In addition to her committee assignments, Vălean was part of the Parliaments delegations with the countries of Southeast Europe (2007–2009); the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009–2014); and the United States (since 2014). She was also a member of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD);[5] the European Internet Forum;[8] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation.[9]

European Commissioner for Transport, 2019–present

In November 2019, the center-right government under Prime Minister Ludovic Orban put Vălean and Siegfried Mureșan forward as candidates to be the country's next European Commissioner.[10] Vălean was subsequently picked to be the European Commissioner for Transport by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.[1]

In early March 2020, Vălean was appointed by von der Leyen to serve on the commission's special task force to coordinate the European Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

Personal life

Vălean is married to Crin Antonescu and has one child.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Adina-Ioana Vălean picked for transport commissioner job". POLITICO. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Adina Vălean Biography" (PDF). www.commissioners.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Curriculum Vitae Adina Vălean" (PDF). www.europaparl.europa.eu. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  4. ^ Huw Jones (March 24, 2009), EU in draft deal on capping phone roaming prices Reuters.
  5. ^ a b c "Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN - former EPP Group MEP". www.eppgroup.eu. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  6. ^ "8th parliamentary term | Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  7. ^ "7th parliamentary term | Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  8. ^ Members European Internet Forum.
  9. ^ Members European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation.
  10. ^ Carmen Paun (November 6, 2019), Romania puts forward 2 center-right MEPs for Commission post Politico Europe.
  11. ^ "France's freewheeling Thierry Breton rises to the crisis". POLITICO. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

External links

Political offices
Preceded by Romanian European Commissioner
2019– 		Incumbent
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