Nicu Popescu

Nicu Popescu OR
Popescu in 2021
Deputy Prime Minister of Moldova
In office 6 August 2021 – 26 January 2024 Serving with Andrei Spînu Dumitru Alaiba Vladimir Bolea
President	Maia Sandu
Prime Minister	Natalia Gavrilița Dorin Recean
Succeeded by	Mihai Popșoi
Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
In office 6 August 2021 – 26 January 2024
President	Maia Sandu
Prime Minister	Natalia Gavrilița Dorin Recean
Preceded by	Aureliu Ciocoi
Succeeded by	Mihai Popșoi (as Minister of Foreign Affairs)
In office 11 June 2019 – 14 November 2019
President	Igor Dodon
Prime Minister	Maia Sandu
Preceded by	Tudor Ulianovschi
Succeeded by	Aureliu Ciocoi
Personal details
Born	(1981-04-25) 25 April 1981 (age 43) Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (BA) Central European University (MA, PhD)
Profession	author, diplomat
Website	http://www.nicupopescu.eu

Nicolae "Nicu" Popescu (born 25 April 1981) is a Moldovan author and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova from 6 August 2021 until 26 January 2024 in the Gavrilita and then Recean cabinets. He was also Moldova's Foreign Minister from 11 June - 14 November 2019 in the Sandu Cabinet.^[1][2] Until his appointment, he was the director of the Wider Europe programme of the European Council on Foreign Relations^[3] and visiting professor at Sciences Po-Paris.^[4]