Ponta nominates Darius Valcov to replace Voinea as Minister Delegate for Budget

Victor Ponta informed the Presidency about the nomination of Darius Valcov, senator representing PSD, as Minister Delegate for Budget, position formerly occupied by Liviu Voinea. The latter left the ministry for his new role in the board of Romania’s National Bank.

The prime minister initially named Claudiu Manda for this function, but his nomination was rejected by Traian Basescu.

Darius Valcov has been member of the Olt organization of the Social-Democrats since 2012 and as a MP, he is president of the commission for public administration and territorial organization within the Senate.

Previously, Valcov was one of the leaders of PDL in the region, as a Democrat-Liberal winning two successive mandates as mayor of Slatina. In parallel, he has built a career in economics, between 2000 and 2004 working as general manager of the Slatina branch of the Romanian Popular Bank for Development. Subsequently, he started working as Financial Director of a company also located in Slatina.