Adrian Zuckerman (born September 22, 1956) is a Romanian-born American lawyer and former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Romania from 2019 to 2021.
[2] The family emigrated from Romania when he was nine years old,[1][3] spending nine months in Rome, Italy before arriving in New Haven, Connecticut in May 1966, when his father started work at the Yale School of Medicine.
[8] Before his tenure at Seyfarth Shaw, Zuckerman was co-head of national real estate and corporate services at Epstein Becker & Green.
Ambassador Zuckerman focused on a number of issues during this mandate, including fighting corruption, combating human trafficking, strengthening the rule of law and increasing reforms of state-owned businesses.
The corruption found in the prior government, which resulted in the relaxation of anti-crime laws just to help former PSD leader Dragnea avoid jail will not be countenanced.
[23] In 2022, Romanian film producer and businessman Bobby Păunescu presented Mr Zuckerman as the international legal representative to a new development in Cluj Napoca which was never completed.
[24] In November 2024, Elena Lasconi, leader of USR party and candidate in the upcoming presidential elections accused Zuckerman of pressure to withdraw her campaign in favour of her opponent, Nicolae Ciucă.