Dorin Junghietu

Dorin Junghietu
Junghietu in 2025
Minister of Energy
Assumed office
19 February 2025
PresidentMaia Sandu
Prime MinisterDorin Recean
Preceded byVictor Parlicov
Personal details
Born (1986-08-10) 10 August 1986
Alma materPetroleum-Gas University of Ploiești
University of Aberdeen

Dorin Junghietu (born 10 August 1986)[1] is a Moldovan energy expert and politician currently serving as Moldova's Minister of Energy. He was appointed to the position on 19 February 2025, then being 37. At the time, Junghietu had over 16 years of international professional experience in the coordination and implementation of major energy projects according to the Moldovan government.[2]

Junghietu worked at a subsidiary in Kazakhstan of the Italian company Sicim, at the Australian company Worley, at the Saudi company Saudi Aramco and at the Petrotel Lukoil Refinery in Romania.[2] He studied a bachelor's and master's degree in Exact Sciences and Chemical Engineering at the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiești in Romania and later a master's degree in Political Sciences and Conflict Management at the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ministru – Dorin Junghietu" (in Romanian). Ministry of Energy of Moldova. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b Rusnac, Tatiana (19 February 2025). "Oficial! Ministrul Energiei, Dorin Junghietu, a depus jurământul" (in Romanian). Realitatea TV.
  3. ^ Cibotari, Anatol (19 February 2025). "VIDEO Dorin Junghietu a depus jurământul de învestire și devine ministru al Energiei. CV-ul acestuia". NewsMaker (in Romanian).