| Daniel Funeriu | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | Ph.D. |
| Office: | Minister of Education, Research and Innovation |
| Primeminister: | Emil Boc |
| Term Start: | 23 December 2009 |
| Term End: | 8 February 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Emil Boc |
| Successor: | Cătălin Baba |
| Office1: | Member of the European Parliament for Romania |
| Term Start1: | 22 December 2008 |
| Term End1: | 13 July 2009 |
| Birth Name: | Daniel Petru Funeriu |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Arad, Arad County, Romania |
| Citizenship: |  Romania France |
| Nationality: | Romanian |
| Party: | Liberal Democratic Party Democratic Liberal Party People's Movement Party 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]