Dan Barna

Dan Barna (born 10 July 1975) is a Romanian politician and lawyer. He served as the president of the Save Romania Union (USR), and as co-president of USR-PLUS until 1 October 2021. He was elected a member of the Chamber of Deputies in 2016. Biography Barna was born in Sibiu, Sibiu County, Socialist Republic of Romania on 10 July 1975. He graduated from the law school at the University of Bucharest in 1998 and obtained a master's degree in project management from Politehnica University of Bucharest in 2003. After working as a lawyer, he completed a course financed by the European Commission, and became a consultant for EU funds. A consultancy company he founded with a colleague led him to implement a number of projects financed from the European Social Fund. According to a media investigation, he was allegedly involved in a financial scheme during his entrepreneurship time, allegations which he rejected. In May 2016, he began working for the then Prime Minister of Romania Dacian Cioloș as Secretary of State with the Ministry of European Funds. He then joined the Save Romania Union (USR), a centre-right political party, where he was elected a deputy in Romania's parliament in December 2016, and president of the party in October 2017. 2019 presidential election