Adrian Severin (born 28 March 1954) is a Romanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament.

After the regime change, he became a member of the National Salvation Front and the Democratic Party (which he left in April 1999).

Previously, Severin served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Human rights in Belarus from 2005 to 2006.

He was indicted by Romania's anti-corruption agency in September 2013 and in February 2016, a court sentenced him to three and a half years in prison, although he could still appeal the judgement.

[7] Although he was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment for corruption, Severin ran at the 2016 local elections for the office of Mayor of Bucharest on a Social Justice Party (whose chairman is Marian Vanghelie)[8] ticket.