Daniel Funeriu

Daniel Funeriu
Ph.D.
Daniel Funeriu Ph.D.
Minister of Education, Research and Innovation
	In office; 23 December 2009 – 8 February 2012
Prime Minister	Emil Boc
Preceded by	Emil Boc
Succeeded by	Cătălin Baba
Member of the European Parliament for Romania
	In office; 22 December 2008 – 13 July 2009
Personal details
Born	Daniel Petru Funeriu; 11 April 1971 (age 53); Arad, Arad County, Romania
Citizenship	Romania; France
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party (2006–2007); Democratic Liberal Party (2007–2014); People's Movement Party (2014); European People's Party
Alma mater	École européenne de chimie, polymères et matériaux; Louis Pasteur University
Profession	Chemist

Daniel Petru Funeriu (born April 11, 1971) is a Romanian politician.

Born in Arad,^[1] he was a gifted high school student in chemistry who in 1988 fled Communist Romania for France.^[2] There, he studied chemistry at the University of Strasbourg, graduating in 1994 and obtaining a doctorate from the same institution in 1999.^[3]

From December 2008 to July 2009, Funeriu represented Romania in the European Parliament, sitting for the Democratic Liberal Party.^[1] From December 2009 until February 2012, he was Education Minister under Emil Boc. Shortly thereafter, he became an advisor to President Traian Băsescu.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b (in Romanian) Daniel Petru Funeriu at the European Parliament site
^ ^a ^b (in Romanian) "Daniel Funeriu, numit consilier prezidenţial", Mediafax, February 10, 2012
^ (in Romanian) Curriculum Vitae, hotnews.ro

[cve-1] (in Romanian) Daniel Petru Funeriu at the European Parliament site

[cons-2] (in Romanian) "Daniel Funeriu, numit consilier prezidenţial", Mediafax, February 10, 2012

[cv-3] (in Romanian) Curriculum Vitae, hotnews.ro

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