Siegfried Mureșan

Siegfried Mureșan (born September 20, 1981) is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the People's Movement Party (PMP), he was elected to the European Parliament for Romania in 2014. In the parliament, he is Vice Chair of the Committee on Budgets. As of January 2015, he also holds the position of spokesman of the European People's Party (EPP). In February 2015, he was elected first vice president of the PMP at a party congress.

Education

A native of Hunedoara, Mureșan graduated from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies in 2004. He continued his studies with a Master in Economics and Management at Humboldt University from Berlin, which he completed in 2006.

Early career

After finishing his studies, Mureșan received a scholarship from the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag) to be part of its international traineeship program. After the traineeship, he became Advisor to the Chair of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union of the German Parliament, Gunther Kirchbaum. He held the position for three years. In 2009, he moved to Brussels, where he worked at the European Parliament until 2011.

Political career

In 2011, Mureșan takes the position of political advisor on economic and social matters of the European People’s Party (EPP). In January 2014, he becomes Senior Political Advisor. In March 2014, Mureșan becomes a member of the People's Movement Party, runs for the European Parliament elections of May 25, 2014, occupying the second position on PMP’s list. Following the results of the elections, Mureșan obtains a five-year mandate in the European Parliament. In the new configuration of the European legislative, he is elected the Vice President of the Committee on Budgets, substitute member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and member of the Delegation to the EU - Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. In July 2014, he is appointed President of the Youth of the People’s Movement Party. In January 22, 2015, the President of the European People’s Party, Joseph Daul, announces Mureșan as the newly appointed political spokesman of EPP.

Report on the Redundancies from Câmpia Turzii

The European Parliament approved Mureșan’s report on the redundancies from Câmpia Turzii in September 2014, allocating EUR 3.57 million in European Globalisation Adjustment Fund money for the support of the redundant workers from Mechel Steel Plant from Câmpia Turzii.

External links

• European Parliament site
• Personal site (Personal)
• Siegfried Mureșan on Facebook
• Siegfried Mureșan on Twitter