[1] In 1990, he graduated from the Mechanics Faculty of the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași, specialising in the technology of building motor vehicles.
[2][4] In 2001, he joined the party's delegation of national representatives, and became president of its committee on regional policy, land management and transport in 2002.
[5] During his first parliamentary term, he was deputy leader of the PNL group from December 2004 to September 2005, followed by a stint as president of the committee on public administration, land management and ecological balance.
[6][7] Fenechiu was elected to yet another term in 2012,[8] being assigned to the industry committee,[9] and was named Minister of Transport in the Victor Ponta cabinet.
[13][14] His wealth has also drawn notice: in 2008, his holdings included six pieces of land, five houses, four cars, jewellery worth €80,000 and some €300,000 in bank accounts[12]—with assets at around €7 million, he was nearly among the Capital Top 300 wealthiest men in Romania that year.
[1] Some of his dealings have raised questions, as exemplified by the allegations made against him in 2008 by prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), who charged that his firms sold transformers in an advanced state of degradation to an electrical company at prices for brand-new ones, turning a €2 million profit for him.
[20] While the PNL was in office from 2004 to 2008, there was suspicion that he benefited from preferential state contracts, but he downplayed the size of such dealings when asked about the matter.