| Cristian Ghinea | |
| Office1: | Member of the European Parliament for Romania |
| Term Start1: | 2 July 2019 |
| Term End1: | 22 December 2020 |
| Successor1: | Alin Mituța |
| Office2: | Minister of European Funds |
| Term Start2: | 23 December 2020 |
| Term End2: | 6 September 2021 |
| Primeminister2: | Florin Cîțu |
| Predecessor2: | Ioan-Marcel Boloș |
| Successor2: | Florin Cîțu |
| Term Start3: | 27 April 2016 |
| Term End3: | 29 October 2016 |
| Primeminister3: | Dacian Cioloș |
| Predecessor3: | Aura Carmen Răducu |
| Successor3: | Dragoș-Cristian Dinu |
| Office4: | Member of the Chamber of Deputies |
| Term Start4: | 21 December 2016 |
| Term End4: | 1 July 2019 |
| Constituency4: | Bucharest |
| Birth Date: | 20 July 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Nationality: | Romanian |
| Party: | Save Romania Union (USR) |
| Alma Mater: | London School of Economics |
| Profession: | Journalist Social activist |
| Website: | Cristian Ghinea's official website |
Cristian Ghinea (born 1977) is a Romanian publisher and activist who has been serving as a Minister of Investments and European Projects in the cabinet of Prime Minister Florin Cîțu since 2021.[1]
Before entering politics, Ghinea was founder and director of organization CRPE.[2] In November 2015 he was appointed councillor for European business in the Cioloș Cabinet.[3]
Ghinea was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 2016 Romanian legislative election. From 27 April to 26 October 2016 he served as Minister of European Funds in the Romanian government of technocrats, under Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș.[4] Since October 2017, has been the vice president of the party Save Romania Union.[5]
From 2019 until 2020, Ghinea was a Member of the European Parliament. In parliament, he served on the Committee on Regional Development.[6]