Valeriu Turcan (born May 22, 1976) is a Romanian political consultant and journalist.
From 1999 to 2002, working in London, he was a producer for the Romanian-language edition of BBC World Service.
In January 2005 he served as a state counsellor to Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, and from that month until Tăriceanu fired him in March 2006 when his wife came into conflict with the National Liberal Party (PNL) leadership, he was president of the Agency for Government Strategies.
In April, following the resignation of Adriana Săftoiu,[3] he became press secretary to Băsescu, remaining his spokesman when Băsescu was shortly thereafter suspended from office, and retaining the for nearly five years.
[2] He resigned in February 2012, stating his intention to return to the private sector.