Key appointment made by Bolojan. Who is Crinel Nicu Grosu, the new head of the Prime Minister's Control Body

Ilie Bolojan named Crinel Nicu Grosu as head of the Prime Minister's Control Corps, with the rank of Secretary of State, a press release sent on Friday night. The designation was made after eliminating the appointment criteria for this position, which the prime minister considers “far too restrictive”, as the government spokesman said.

The decision to appoint Grosu was published on Friday in the Official Gazette.

Until September 4, the prime minister's control body was led by Adrian Nicuşor Nica, appointed by Bolojan president of ANAF.

From the Pluto commander to the Border Police, to the head of the Operational Bureau of the Anti -Corruption Directorate.

According to the CV, Nicu Grosu has held several functions in the General Anticorruption Directorate, since February 2014 until now. Until January 2018 he was a senior advisor in the public finance area, and between January 2017 and January 2018 he was head of service in the area of ​​justice and internal businesses.

For several months, until October 2018, Nicu Grosu was a princely specialist officer in the direction of investigations – the operations service – the integrity test office. Later, he became the head of the office and held the position until April 2019.

Between April 2019 and July 2025, he was the main specialist officer of the Special Service. Then, Nicu Grosu was empowered at the management of the Operational Bureau of the same service.

Nicu Grosu, who will turn 47 on November 15, was in the General Anticorruption Directorate of May 2003 – November 2006, as the main officer of the Control Service.

He also held positions in the General Border Inspectorate (Pluto commander – police instructor – between August 2002 and April 2003) and the National Agency for Fiscal Administration (main specialist officer in the Directorate of Inquiries – Operations Service, between November 2006 and January 2014).

He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law within the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Police Academy (license, between 1998 and 2002) and has postgraduate studies in international relations (2002-2023) and a master in international relations and European institutions (2005-2027), but also in in-depth studies in the field of public order and national security (2014-2016).

Ilie Bolojan eliminated the appointment criteria

The Government spokesman, Ioana Dogioiu, was asked by reporters on Thursday, in a press briefing at the Victoria Palace, why Ilie Bolojan considered to eliminate all the criteria for appointing the prime minister's control body.

“Because the prime minister considered that they were too restrictive criteria that could greatly limit the possibility of choosing a competent person, but not exactly, exactly that pattern,” said Ioana Dogioiu.

She said that “did not want such restriction.”

“Because you can have people with very small experience in a certain field, but who have a very good qualification. It was considered to be sufficient to qualify for a secretary of state,” said Ioana Dogioiu.