Dan Cărbunaru becomes spokesperson of Luca Niculescu's government on 23 October 2026, through a decision of the prime minister due to be published in the Monitorul Oficial the same day.
Ioana Dogioiu had held the spokesperson post from 3 July 2025 until 20 October 2026, according to HotNews.
Cărbunaru previously served as spokesperson under Nicolae Ciucă (PNL) from December 2021 until June 2023.
Dan Cărbunaru becomes spokesperson of the government led by Prime Minister Luca Niculescu, effective 23 October 2026, according to the government's representatives. Niculescu appointed him by decision, which was due to be published the same day in the Monitorul Oficial, the official gazette, though it had not yet appeared when the first reports were filed. The government's press office announced the change.
“The spokesperson of the Government of Luca Niculescu will be, starting today, Dan Cărbunaru.”
The post had been held by Ioana Dogioiu from 3 July 2025 until 20 October 2026, according to HotNews. Cărbunaru held the same job before, in the government of Nicolae Ciucă (PNL) from December 2021 until June 2023, when Marcel Ciolacu took over as prime minister. Mediafax and HotNews date his earlier communications role at the Interior Ministry (MAI) to 2005-2008, while ProTV and Libertatea put it at 2005-2007, so the exact span differs between outlets.
Cărbunaru began in 1999 as a reporter at the news agency Mediafax, according to Libertatea, and later worked at the newspapers Adevărul and Gândul, as well as at TVR and B1 TV, according to HotNews. In 2006 he founded the online platform Calea Europeană, which ProTV says he ran as chief executive. G4Media reports that the Calea Europeană programme aired weekly for six years on B1 TV and, from October 2013 to February 2014, on TVR1. Libertatea adds that he graduated in law from Titu Maiorescu University in Bucharest in 2000 and attended courses at the National Defence College and the National Intelligence College.
G4Media gives his birth date as 14 April 1978 in Brăila. The same outlet reports that he once served as spokesperson for the Grand Lodge of Romania (Marea Lojă Națională din România) and later resigned from that role. HotNews notes that he has more than 20 years of experience in the press.
The decision naming him was due to be published in the Monitorul Oficial on 23 October 2026, and Mediafax said the document would appear that same day. Coverage so far centres on the appointment itself, with the government's announcement as the main source for the change in role.
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Dan Cărbunaru takes over as spokesperson of Prime Minister Luca Niculescu's government from 23 October 2026. He replaces Ioana Dogioiu, who had held the post since 3 July 2025, and he previously served as spokesperson under Nicolae Ciucă from December 2021 to June 2023.
AI text based on reports by HotNews.ro, Stirile ProTV, Libertatea and other publishers. Published .