Ioan Vulpescu
| Ioan Vulpescu | |
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| Romanian Minister of Culture | |
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Assumed office 4 January 2017 |
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| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Prime Minister | Sorin Grindeanu |
| Preceded by | Corina Șuteu |
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In office 17 December 2014 – 17 November 2015 |
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| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Prime Minister | Victor Ponta |
| Preceded by | Csilla Hegedüs |
| Succeeded by | Vlad Alexandrescu |
| Member of the Senate of Romania | |
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Assumed office 20 December 2016 |
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| Constituency | Bucharest |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
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Assumed office 19 December 2012 – 19 December 2016 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 June 1976 Marghita, Romania |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
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.
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.
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.
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