Daniel Funeriu | |
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![]() Daniel Funeriu in 2011 | |
Head of Education and Research department at Romanian President Presidential Advisor, Minister Rank | |
In office 12 February 2012 – 1 February 2014 | |
Preceded by | Cristian Preda |
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 Arad, Arad County, Romania |
Citizenship | ![]() ![]() |
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 11 April 1971) is a Romanian politician.
Born in Arad,[1] he was a 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]