Mr. Ghigiu is a Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of Romania and the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee for Education.

Previously, Mr. Ghigiu was the Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Romania. He also served as Senior Advisor to the Romanian Minister of National Education (2012-2014, 2016) and Deputy Minister in the General Secretariat of the Romanian Government (2017). Mr. Ghigiu has also been a member of the Board of the Romanian – US Fulbright Commission (2019-2022).

He holds a PhD in Political Science from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest (SNSPA) where as senior lecturer teaches courses in European policy. He was appointed Vice-Rector of SNSPA in 2018 and served in this position until he was appointed President – Secretary of State of the National Institute of Administration (INA) in January 2022.

He was national coordinator for intellectual property and president of the Commission for Examination of Foreign Direct Investments (CEISD).

Mihai Ghigiu attended several training courses in Europe and the U.S., such as Universidad Complutense – Madrid (2013); École Nationale d’Administration (ENA) – Paris (2014); ETH – Swiss School of Public Governance, Zurich (2018); Kennedy School, Harvard University, USA (2017, 2018 and 2023), and other similar programs.