Office: | Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development |
Term Start: | 25 November 2021 |
Term End: | 23 June 2022 |
Predecessor: | Nechita-Adrian Oros |
Office2: | Member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies |
Term Start2: | 21 December 2020 |
Term End2: | 23 June 2022 |
Constituency2: | Olt County |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1982 |
Birth Place: | Coteana, Olt, Romania |
Party: | Social Democratic Party (PSD) (until 2022) |
Adrian-Ionuț Chesnoiu (born 12 May 1982, Coteana, Olt, Romania) is a Romanian former deputy, elected in 2020 from Social Democratic Party (PSD). On 25 November 2021 he became the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in the government of Nicolae Ciucă.[1] However, he resigned from this office, as well as from his PSD and Parliament positions on 23 June 2022 after the National Anticorruption Directorate accused him of abuse of office and requested that his judicial immunity be lifted so that it can prosecute him.[2]