Nicusor Dan: I am glad that Siegfried Muresan has accepted the nomination for position of PM

President Nicusor Dan stated on Thursday that he is pleased Siegfried Muresan has accepted the nomination for the position of Prime Minister.Initially, in the statement made at Cotroceni Palace, the President nominated the MEP, noting that the latter had asked for time to consider the matter."I spoke with Mr. Muresan, and he asked for some time to consider the matter (...). Mr. Muresan remains my first choice at this moment, and I am waiting for him to confirm or decline before publishing the decree in the Official Gazette," the head of state said.He said he chose Muresan because he had received the most votes from the parties that attended the consultations.A few minutes after the head of state's statement, the MEP announced on Facebook that he was accepting the proposal."I accept the proposal made by the President of Romania," wrote Muresan.Earlier today, Nicusor Dan held consultations at Cotroceni Palace with the leaders and representatives of the political parties and groups in Parliament.The government led by Ilie Bolojan was dismissed by Parliament on May 5 via a no-confidence motion. Consequently, Romania has had an interim executive for over four months.   ***   Siegfried Muresan was born on September 20, 1981 in Hunedoara. He graduated from the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest (2004) and continued his studies with a Master's degree in economic sciences and management at Humboldt University, Berlin, according to http://www.siegfriedmuresan.eu/.   In 2006, he received a scholarship from the German Parliament and was part of the international west wing program of the Bundestag. Later on he activated, for three years in the same institution, as councillor of Gunther Kirchbaum, the chairman of the Commission for European affairs of the German Parliament. In 2009 he moved to Brussels, where he worked in the European Parliament. In 2011 he won the position of political councillor for economic and social problems within EPP. In January 2014 he became senior political councillor at EPP.   On May 25, 2014 he was elected in the European Parliament, on the lists of the Popular Movement Party. In 2018 he moved from PMP to PNL, according to http://www. europarl.europa.eu.   Following the European Parliament elections of May 26,2019, he obtained a new mandate of European MP on PNL lists. As European deputy he was afiliated to the EPP group, being president of the Delegation in the parliamentary association commission EU-Moldova and member of the follwing EP bodies: Budget Commission, Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly Euronest, Conference of delegation chairmen, Cmmission for economic and monetary affairs.   In July 2019, he became vicepresident of the EPP group.   In November 2019 he was elected vicepresident of EPP at the Zagreb Congress, Croatia, according to http://epp.eu/structure.   In January 2020, he was elected rapporteur of the European Parliament about financing the European Ecological Pact with 1,000 billion euro, while in July 2020 he became co-rapporteur of the European Parliament about the European Mechanism of Recovery and Resilience. In December 2021, he became co-rapporteur for the report on implementing the European Mechanism of Recovery and Resilience.   On June 1, 2022, Muresan was re-elected vicepresdent of EPP, at the party congress held in Rotterdam.   In May 2023, he became general rapporteur of EP for the EU budget of 2024. He obtained a third mandate of European MP follwing the elections of June 9, 2024 on PNL lists and affiliated to the European Popular Party Group (Christian Democratic). He president of the delegation to the Parliamentary EU-Moldova Association Commission and member of the Budget Commission, the Commission for Economic and Mnetary Affairs, according to https://www.europarl.europa.eu/.   At present, he is the vicepresident of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, re-elected after the June 2024 elections.   On September 5, 2024, Muresan was appointed chief negociator on the future multiannual EC budget 2028-2034, by the political groups of the legislative. He was re-elected EPP vicepresident at the Popular European Congress held in Valencia, on April 29-30, 2025. (Photo:https://www.presidency.ro/)