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Adina-Ioana Vălean
Adina-Ioana Vălean
	Vălean in 2019
Member of the European Parliament; for Romania
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 July 2024
European Commissioner for Transport
	In office; 1 December 2019 – 15 June 2024
President	Ursula von der Leyen
Preceded by	Violeta Bulc
Succeeded by	Wopke Hoekstra (ad interim)
Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
	In office; 10 July 2019 – 1 December 2019
Deputy	Zdzisław Krasnodębski
Preceded by	Jerzy Buzek
Succeeded by	Cristian Bușoi
Sixth Vice President of the European Parliament
	In office; 1 July 2014 – 18 January 2017
President	Martin Schulz ; Antonio Tajani
Preceded by	Roberta Angelilli
Succeeded by	Ryszard Czarnecki
Member of the European Parliament; for Romania
	In office; 1 January 2007 – 1 December 2019
Member of the Chamber of Deputies; for Călărași County
	In office; 28 November 2004 – 1 January 2007
Personal details
Born	16 February 1968 (age 56); Băicoi, Prahova County, Romania
Political party	National Liberal Party
Other political; affiliations	Alliance of Liberals and; Democrats for Europe; (Before 2014); European People's Party; (2014–present)
Spouse	Crin Antonescu
Children	1
Education	University of Bucharest
Website	Official website

Adina-Ioana Vălean (born 16 February 1968) is a Romanian politician who has been serving as European Commissioner for Transport under the leadership of President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen from 2019 until June 2024.^[1] She served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2007 until 2019, where she chaired of the European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy in 2019. In the 2024 European elections she was again elected and became a member of the European Parliament.

Education

Vălean has a master's degree in European Integration and Security Studies, postgraduate studies in National Security and Defence Management and a bachelor's degree in Mathematics.^[2]

Political career

Career in national politics

A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), and a member of the European Peoples Party, Vălean was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the Justice and Truth list for Călărași County (during the 2004 elections).^[3]

Member of the European Parliament, 2007–2019

Vălean became a Member of the European Parliament on 1 January 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union. Throughout her time in parliament, she served on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy; in 2019, she became the committee's chairwoman. During her time on the committee, she was the Parliament's rapporteur for the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)^[1] and the European Union roaming regulations.^[4]

From 2014 to 2017, Vălean was one of the Vice-Presidents of the European Parliament under the leadership of President Antonio Tajani; in that capacity, she was in charge of information and communications technology (ICT).^[5] She also chaired the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety from 2017 until 2019 and served on the Committee on Petitions from 2009 until 2014.^[6]^[7]

In addition to her committee assignments, Vălean was part of the Parliaments delegations with the countries of Southeast Europe (2007–2009); the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly (2009–2014); and the United States (since 2014). She was also a member of the Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD);^[5] the European Internet Forum;^[8] and the European Parliament Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation.^[9]

European Commissioner for Transport, 2019–2024

In November 2019, the center-right government under Prime Minister Ludovic Orban put Vălean and Siegfried Mureșan forward as candidates to be the country's next European Commissioner.^[10] Vălean was subsequently picked to be the European Commissioner for Transport by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.^[1]

In early March 2020, Vălean was appointed by von der Leyen to serve on the commission's special task force to coordinate the European Union's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[11]

Member of the European Parliament, 2024–present

In the 2024 European elections, Vălean was re-elected to the European Parliament. In order to fulfil her mandate, she resigned from her position as EU Commissioner on 15 July 2024. Her duties will be temporarily taken over by Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner for Climate Action. ^[12]