| Office: | Minister of National Defence | ||||||||
| Primeminister: | Nicolae Ciucă | ||||||||
| Term Start: | 25 November 2021 | ||||||||
| Term End: | 24 October 2022 | ||||||||
| Predecessor: | Nicolae Ciucă | ||||||||
| Successor: | Nicolae Ciucă (interim) | ||||||||
| Office1: | Deputy Prime Minister of Romania | ||||||||
| Primeminister1: | Dacian Cioloș | ||||||||
| President1: | Klaus Iohannis | ||||||||
| Term Start1: | 17 November 2015 | ||||||||
| Term End1: | 4 January 2017 | ||||||||
| Predecessor1: | Gabriel Oprea | ||||||||
| Successor1: | Sevil Shhaideh | ||||||||
| Office2: | Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration | ||||||||
| Term Start2: | 17 November 2015 | ||||||||
| Term End2: | 4 January 2017 | ||||||||
| Predecessor2: | Sevil Shhaideh | ||||||||
| Successor2: | Sevil Shhaideh | ||||||||
| Office3: | Member of the European Parliament for Romania | ||||||||
| Term Start3: | 1 January 2007 | ||||||||
| Term End3: | 13 May 2007 | ||||||||
| Office4: | Senator | ||||||||
| Term Start4: | 21 December 2020 | ||||||||
| Term Start5: | 14 February 2004 | ||||||||
| Term End5: | 20 December 2008 | ||||||||
| Vasile Dîncu | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | 25 November 1961 | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Năsăud, Cluj Region, Romanian People's Republic | ||||||||
| Nationality: | Romanian | ||||||||
| Party: | Social Democratic Party | ||||||||
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Vasile Sebastian Dîncu (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /vaˈsile ˈdɨŋku/; born 25 November 1961) is a Romanian politician, sociologist, professor and writer who served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Cioloș Cabinet and was Minister of National Defence in the Ciucă Cabinet.
Vasile Dîncu was born on 25 November 1961 in Năsăud, a town now in Bistrița-Năsăud County. Dîncu is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) since 2019, having previously been part of the party from 2000 to 2008. He has also been a Member of the European Parliament, of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and a Senator of Romania.[1]
Between 2015 and 2017, Dîncu served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration in the cabinet of former Prime Minister of Romania Dacian Cioloș. He then retired from politics for a while, but later returned[2] and, on 2020, he was elected once again as a member of the Senate of Romania for PSD.[3] On 25 November 2021, Dîncu was appointed as Minister of National Defence in the Ciucă Cabinet, succeeding Nicolae Ciucă in his post as the latter became the new Prime Minister of Romania.[4] On 24 October 2022 Dîncu resigned as Minister of National Defence following comments he made on social media recommending the US and NATO should negotiate with Russia on behalf of Ukraine. He cited an inability to collaborate with the President as his reason for resigning.[5]
Dîncu has published several books. He is a member of the Writers' Union of Romania.
