Dragoș Tudorache
Dragoș Tudorache (born 14 January 1975) is a Romanian politician of USR PLUS/USR who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.[1]
Dragoș Tudorache | |
|---|---|
| Member of the European Parliament for Romania | |
| Assumed office 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1975 Vaslui, Vaslui County, Romania |
| Political party | USR PLUS/USR |
| Alma mater | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University |
| Occupation | Judge Politician Lawyer |
Early career edit
From 2000, Tudorache worked as the coordinator of analysis team in the Department of Rule of Law and Protection of Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Pristina. Between 2003 and 2005 he served as the Head of the Legal Department of the UN team of International Judges at the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK).[2]
From 2005 until 2007, Tudorache worked at the Delegation of the European Commission in Bucharest, where he was responsible for legal and anti-corruption issues. In 2007 he joined the European Commission's Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs in Brussels.[3]
Political career edit
Career in national politics edit
On 17 September 2016, Dragoș Tudorache was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs, after having previously been head of the chancellery in the Cioloș Cabinet, an apolitical, technocratic government.[4] He held this position until 4 January 2017, when the Grindeanu Cabinet was invested, following the legislative elections.
Immediately after the establishment of the Party of Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) on 15 December 2018, Tudorache joined this party and ran in its internal elections for the 2019 European elections.[5]
Member of the European Parliament, 2019–present edit
Following the 2019 elections, Tudorache was part of a cross-party working group in charge of drafting the European Parliament's five-year work program on the rule of law, borders and migration.[6] He later joined the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age[7] the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (since 2022).[8][9] In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group's rapporteur on the United States–European Union relations[10] and the Artificial Intelligence Act.[11] In 2021, he also joined the parliament's working group on Frontex, led by Roberta Metsola.[12]
In addition to his committee assignments, Tudorache is part of the Parliament's delegations for relations with the United States and with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo.[13] He is also a member of the European Parliament Intergroup on Anti-Corruption.[14]
Since 2021, Tudorache has been serving as deputy chair of the Renew Europe parliamentary group, under the leadership of chair Stéphane Séjourné.[15]
In 2024, Tudorache was the joint winner, alongside Italian MEP Brando Benifei, of the "MEP of the Mandate" award at The Parliament Magazine's annual MEP Awards.[16]
Political positions edit
In 2021, Tudorache joined seven other Romanian MEPs in co-signing a letter to Ursula von der Leyen and Maroš Šefčovič in which they call on the European Commission to stop the United Kingdom from holding EU nationals in immigration removal centers.[17]
References edit
- ^ His MEP profile
- ^ Dragoș Tudorache 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Aspen Institute Romania.
- ^ Dragoș Tudorache 17 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine Aspen Institute Romania.
- ^ "Dragos Tudorache a depus juramantul". from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Cine s-a înscris în competiția internă din PLUS pentru europarlamentare". from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ Florian Eder (June 13, 2019), POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by Google: Madrid's moment — Parliament working groups sneak peak [sic] — Happy birthday, GDPR 1 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine Politico Europe.
- ^ Dragoș Tudorache 7 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
- ^ Members of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware 1 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
- ^ Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees 2 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament, press release of 24 March 2022.
- ^ Andreas Rogal (October 5, 2021), China, multilateralism and NATO dominate European Parliament’s lively debate on EU-US relationship 10 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Parliament Magazine’'.
- ^ Gian Volpicelli (9 December 2023), EU negotiators strike political deal on AI Act Politico Europe.
- ^ Mia Bartoloni (February 26, 2021), Movers and Shakers 27 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Parliament Magazine.
- ^ Dragoș Tudorache 7 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
- ^ Intergroup on Anti-Corruption 15 December 2022 at the Wayback Machine European Parliament.
- ^ Nisa Khan (October 21, 2021), Movers and Shakers 3 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Parliament Magazine.
- ^ "MEP awards: Seven lawmakers recognised for outstanding contribution to EU policymaking". Euronews. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ Cristina Gallardo (May 12, 2021), MEPs urge von der Leyen to tackle UK immigration detention of EU nationals 13 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine Politico Europe.