DATE AND
PLACE OF BIRTH:           June 22 1964, Baia-Mare, ROMANIA

CITIZENSHIP:                  Romanian

MARITAL STATUS:         Married, two children

                      

CAREER:      

Since 1993 Diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania

          1993-1994: Expert in the Policy Planning Division on Euro-Atlantic Integration Issues

          1994-1995: Counselor to the Minister

          1995-1996: Director of the Minister's office & Spokesman

          1996-1997: Head of the Division for NATO, WEU and Strategic Issues

          1998-2000: Minister Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Romanian Embassy in Washington DC;

          2000-2001: Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations – New York

EDUCATION

         1970-1978: German School, Rîsnov, Romania

          1978-1982: General Knowledge High-School "Dr.I..Mesota", Brasov, Romania - (Baccalaureate in 1982)

          1983-1988: Faculty of Electronics, Polytechnic Institute Bucharest - Graduated in 1988 with a Master in Sciences in
                           Applied Electronics

          1990-1992: Post-graduate studies at the Romanian National School of Political Science and Public Administration|
                           (NSPSPA), Dept. of International Relations - Graduated with the maximum final average grade

          1992-1993: Postgraduate studies at the Amsterdam School of International Relations (ASIR), University of Amsterdam.
                           (TEMPUS scholarship)

                                                - Graduated "with distinction" in June 1993

                                                - MA in International Relations, in July 1993

          July 2005: PhD in International Economics

WORK EXPERIENCE