{"id":124928,"date":"2026-10-05T21:18:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/the-romanian-journalist-nominated-by-nicusor-dan-for-the-position-of-prime-minister-he-was-also-an-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T07:48:00","slug":"the-romanian-journalist-nominated-by-nicusor-dan-for-the-position-of-prime-minister-he-was-also-an-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/the-romanian-journalist-nominated-by-nicusor-dan-for-the-position-of-prime-minister-he-was-also-an-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"The Romanian journalist, nominated by Nicu\u0219or Dan for the position of Prime Minister. He was also an ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Luca Niculescu is the proposal<\/strong> <strong>of Nicu\u0219or Dan for the position of prime minister. The announcement was made by the Romanian president, after consultations with parliamentary parties, at Cotroceni.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luca Niculescu has experience in diplomacy and was the ambassador of Romania to France. By profession, the candidate for the head of the Government is a journalist.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niculescu was the editor-in-chief of Free Europe Romania, a program host at Money Channel, TVR 1, Digi24. He wrote for the Dilema Veche magazine and was a permanent correspondent in Romania for French media &#8211; France Info, France Culture, France Inter, TV5 and the daily newspaper Lib\u00e9ration.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously, Niculescu&#8217;s candidacy was discussed in the public sphere. 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