Maria Grapini

Maria Grapini
Grapini at the OFSD meeting on 8 March 2014
Member of the European Parliament
for Romania
Assumed office
1 July 2014
Romanian Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment
In office
21 December 2012  5 March 2014
PresidentTraian Băsescu
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
December 2012  25 March 2014
Succeeded byFlorică Bîrsășteanu
Personal details
Born (1954-11-07) 7 November 1954
Berești, Romania
Political partyPPU (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations
PC (2006–2015)
PPU (2015–2019)
PSD (2019–2020)
Alma materGheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusinesswoman, textile engineer

Maria Grapini (born 7 November 1954) is a Romanian businesswoman and politician. She served as the Deputy Minister in the Second Ponta cabinet. Since 2014, Grapini has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.