Conservative Party
Which political party did Laurențiu Rebega belong to from 2014 to 2015?
Laurențiu Rebega Laurențiu Rebega ( born 20 February 1976 ) is a Romanian politician and since 2014 , a member of the European Parliament ( MEP ) . In the European Parliament , Laurentiu Rebega is a full member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development ( COMAGRI ) and the Committee on Petitions ( PETI ) and a substitute in the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs ( AFET ) , Committee on Industry , Research and Energy ( ITRE ) and Committee on Regional Development ( REGI ) . He is also a member of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee . He is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group ( ECR ) . Education . In 2004 , Laurentiu Rebega received his bachelors degree from the Zootechnology faculty of the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ( USAMV ) , the Zootechnology faculty , in Bucharest Romania . As a student , he has been involved in various student organizations and student related activities . For example , he was the representative of the Student League at USAMV in Bucharest , the president of the Sports Association Agronomia and the editor in chief at Impact studentesc magazine . In 2003 , he took the course Young farmers offered by Grindsted Agricultural College in Denmark . After graduation from USAMV , he got back to Denmark , at the Grindsted Agricultural College where he enrolled for Junior Leaders in Agricultural Business , a 2-year programme . Therefore , between 2004 and 2006 , he studied and worked on projects in the field of agricultural management . Between 2007 and 2009 , he enrolled for an MA degree in Management and Rural Development at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest . Between 2009 and 2011 , he studied Rural and Regional Development Project Management at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies , from where he received his second MA degree . In 2012 , he attended the short-term course on Foreign Policy and Diplomacy offered by the Diplomatic Institute of Romania . He graduated International Politics , an MA programme offered by the Centre Européen de Recherches Internationales et Stratégiques , a post-graduate school that provides education designed for professionals . Career . Between 2004 and 2006 , Laurentiu Rebega worked in Denmark as a junior agricultural engineer . After his return to Romania , he worked in Bucharest as an agricultural engineer for ISPIF , then he was recruited as an expert in logistics by ADT Projekt . Afterwards , he became a production director for the company JD Agro Cocora and a GM for SC Semina SA . He also worked as a consultant for the department of agriculture at SDC Agro Seed SRL . In 2010 , he chose to join the Conservative Partys Prahova county local branch where he very soon became president . In 2012 , following the local elections in Romania , Laurentiu Rebega secured a mandate as a county counsellor . Then , he was elected vice-president of the Prahova County Council . In 2014 , he became the vice-president of the Conservative Party at a national level and the coordinator of the Agriculture and Rural Development Department . Starting from October 2018 he is Vicepresident of the PRO Romania party . At the European Parliament . In 2014 , as a candidate of the PSD-PC-UNPR party coalition , he ran for the European Parliament elections organized at the end of May 2014 . At 38 years old , he has become one of the 32 Romanian members of the European Parliament . Until June 2015 , he was a member of Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats , one of the 8 political groups at the EP . For one year , during June 2014 and June 2015 , he was a member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development ( COMAGRI ) and the Committee on Petitions ( PETI ) and a substitute in the Committee for Fisheries ( PECH ) . He was also a member in the Delegation to the EU-Armenia and EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee . In January 2015 , he resigned from the Romanian Conservative Party and thus , became a politically independent Member of the European Parliament . A couple of months later , in June 2015 , he left the S&D group at the EP and joined the newly formed political group , the Europe of Nations and Freedom ( ENF ) . On 1 March 2018 , Laurențiu Rebega left the ENF Group and became an independent Member of the European Parliament . Starting from April 2018 he became a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group ( ECR ) . Since June 2015 , Rebega has been a substitute in the Committee on Foreign Affairs ( AFET ) , Committee on Industry , Research and Energy ( ITRE ) and Committee on Regional Development ( REGI ) and became a member of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee . On his personal website , Laurentiu Rebega highlights that his entire ideological and participatory activity stands up for individual liberties , national sovereignty and the protection of the freedom of expression in all its forms . Rebega expresses his unconditional patriotism and loyalty for national values and Romanias unitary state principles . I firmly believe that the good of one nation does not necessary mean the bad of the other , therefore my patriotic and nationalist beliefs will always be part of my political actions . I will stand up for national ideals , history , traditions , Christianity and inherited customs and I will actively participate in the process of Romanian values’ recognition at a European and global level . I am and I will always be the one who follows the rightful aspirations of the Romanian revolution from 1848 , namely the territorial unity , the spirit of emancipation and affirmation of the Romanian nation , its just , national harmony.My activity is based on the defense of Romanias territorial integrity and national sovereignty , the support of Christianity , in general and the Orthodox faith , in particular , the protection of individual liberties , with a focus on the freedom of speech . Rebega is a strong supporter of the unification of the Republic of Moldova with Romania . Laurențiu Rebega is the first Romanian in the EU history who run for elections in one of the European institutions . During the elections held on 17 January 2017 , Laurențiu Rebega was amongst the seven candidates for the presidency of the European Parliament . Books . Terorism și Contra-terorism în UE : lecții din trecut - book published in 2017 at Mica Valahie publishing house , written in Romanian language Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in the EU : Lessons from the past -book published in 2017 at Mica Valahie publishing house , , written in English language . Romania from Romania and Romania from the European Union - book published in 2018 at Mica Valahie publishing house , written in Romanian language . Personal life . Laurentiu Rebega is married and has two daughters . External links . - ( in Romanian ) - Profile of MEP Laurentiu Rebega ( in the EP database )