# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/virgil-popescu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:35:17.274Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/virgil-popescu"
name: "Virgil Popescu"
slug: "virgil-popescu"
description: "Virgil-Daniel Popescu is a Romanian politician who served as Minister of Energy in the Ciucă Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, from 4 November 2019 to 15 June 2023. He previously served in the first and second cabinets led by Ludovic Orban, as well as in the cabinet led by Florin Cîțu."
tagline: "Romanian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Virgil-Daniel_Popescu_MEP_(2024).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1968-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.2
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.805616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/vpopescu68"
    handle:    "vpopescu68"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/virgil.popescu.mh/"
    handle:    "virgil.popescu.mh"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/VirgilDPopescu"
    handle:    "VirgilDPopescu"
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%83%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BB-%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Попеску, Вирджил-Даниэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil-Daniel_Popescu"
    title: "Virgil-Daniel Popescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil-Daniel_Popescu"
    title: "Virgil-Daniel Popescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil-Daniel_Popescu"
    title: "Virgil-Daniel Popescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil-Daniel_Popescu"
    title: "Virgil-Daniel Popescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilius_Daniel_Popescu"
    title: "Virgilius Daniel Popescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil-Daniel_Popescu"
    title: "Virgil-Daniel Popescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil-Daniel_Popescu"
    title: "Virgil-Daniel Popescu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28113715"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump