Traian Ungureanu

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Traian Ungureanu

| office = Member of the European Parliament for Romania

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|3|1|df=y}}

| profession = Journalist

| termstart = 14 July 2009

| party = Democratic Liberal Party (until 2015)
National Liberal Party (from 2015)

| image = Conventia PD-L 2013 - Traian Ungureanu (2).jpg

| caption = Ungureanu in 2013

| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

| alma_mater = University of Bucharest (MA)

| election_date = 7 June 2009

| termend = 1 July 2019

}}

Traian Ungureanu (born 1 March 1958) is a Romanian former journalist and politician, who was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019.

Life and career

Ungureanu was born in Bucharest. He fled the Socialist Republic of Romania in 1988, settling in London.{{cite news|url=https://www.romaniatv.net/traian-ungureanu-atacuri-contra-regimului-comunist-fuga-din-tara-si-sustinere-activa-pentru-traian_136347.html|title=Traian Ungureanu: Atacuri contra regimului comunist, fugă din ţară şi susţinere activă pentru Traian Băsescu|work=RomaniaTV.net|language=Romanian|date=6 May 2014}}

He became a journalist at BBC World until he was dismissed in 2003 after fourteen years of service.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YhkwrfDUByEC&pg=PA1498|page=1498|title=Country Reports on Human Rights|year=2003|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}} While respected for his political analyses, he was also known for frequent criticism of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (PSD), which press colleauges believed to be linked to his dismissal. Several reporters and an editor at BBC resigned in protest against his dismissal.

He thereafter turned to politics, and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/96835/TRAIAN_UNGUREANU/history/8|title=Traian UNGUREANU|work=European Parliament|date=19 November 2022}} He represented the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) until it was dissolved in 2015, and the National Liberal Party (PNL) from 2015, both members of the centre-right European People's Party.

He has additionally written his own blog, and for Radio Europa Libera.

Views

Ungureanu has spoken out about the persecution of Christians in the Middle East and the increasing number of mosques in Europe and adaptation of Muslim demands,{{cite book|url=https://expo.se/wp-content/uploads/expo_migration/counterjihadrorelsen_en_del_av_den_antimuslimska_rorelsen_2012.pdf|title=Counterjihadrörelsen– en del av den antimuslimska miljön|first=Martha|last=Hannus|page=94|year=2012|publisher=Expo Research|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203232308/https://expo.se/wp-content/uploads/expo_migration/counterjihadrorelsen_en_del_av_den_antimuslimska_rorelsen_2012.pdf|archive-date=3 December 2024}} and he participated in the international counter-jihad conference in Brussels in 2007.{{cite book|chapter=Networks and alliances against the Islamisation of Europe: the case of the Counter-Jihad Movement|chapter-url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299485603|first1=Gabriella|last1=Lazaridis|first2=Marilou|last2=Polymeropoulou|first3=Vasiliki|last3=Tsagkroni|title=Understanding the Populist Shift: Othering in a Europe in Crisis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EjolDwAAQBAJ|editor-first1=Gabriella|editor-last1=Lazaridis|editor-first2=Giovanna|editor-last2=Campani|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2016|doi=10.4324/9781315656779-12|isbn=9781317326069|quote="Graph 1. CJM-N Brussels 2007."}}{{cite web|url=https://libertiesalliance.org/2007/10/20/counter-jihad-brussels-18-19-october-2007/|title=Counter Jihad Brussels: 18-19 October 2007|date=20 October 2007|work=International Civil Liberties Alliance}} He is a supporter of Donald Trump.{{cite news|url=https://premium.gsp.ro/gsp-ro/premium/interviu-traian-ungureanu-romania-este-o-tara-pitoreasca-indepartata-cu-zidari-buni-si-fete-frumoase-se-exagereaza-in-privinta-zidarilor-572291.html|title=INTERVIU Traian Ungureanu: "România este o țară pitorească, îndepărtată, cu zidari buni și fete frumoase. Se exagerează în privința zidarilor!"|first=Cristian|last=Geambașu|date=17 July 2019|work=GSP|language=Romanian}}