Voiculescu, Vlad

European Parliament

Vlad Voiculescu is a member of the European Parliament. He serves as the Renew Europe Coordinator of the Public Health Committee, and chair of the Intergroup on Cancer and Rare Diseases.

After pursuing a career in finance, Voiculescu became active in public service, serving as the Romanian Finance Minister’s chief of staff before becoming the minister of health in the Dacian Cioloș government. He has been involved in patient advocacy, both at the national and European levels for over a decade. Voiculescu is the founder of an international network of volunteers that helped over 2,500 cancer patients receive essential medicines that were missing in Romania, a story that featured in the award-winning HBO documentary "The Network". He is also cofounded MagiCAMP, a non-profit which seeks to provide support to children diagnosed with cancer and other serious illnesses. For this work, the European Parliament awarded Voiculescu its "European Citizen’s Prize" in 2018.