ADRIAN NASTASE
PRIME MINISTER OF ROMANIA

Personal data
Born 22 June 1950, in Bucharest (Romania);
Married, 2 sons

Education
1973 - University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, LL.M. in Law
1978 - University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology, M.A. in Sociology;
1987 - University of Bucharest, Ph.D. in International Law;
1994 - Sorbonne University, Paris I – Panthéon, Associate Professor of Public International Law

Academic and Professional Career
1977 - Deputy Chairman of the International Law and International Relations Association (ADIRI)
1984 - Member of the French Society for International Law
1984 - Studies Coordinator at the International Institute for Human Rights, Strasbourg;
1977 - 1979; 1984 - 1985 - Associate Professor of Public International Law at the Academy of Economic Studies (ASE), Bucharest;
1973 - 1990 - Research Fellow at the Institute for Law Research / Romanian Academy, Bucharest.
1991-1996 - Member of the Directing Board of the Institute for Security Studies East-West, New York
1990-1992 - Chairman of the European Foundation 'Nicolae Titulescu', Bucharest - honorary president
Professor of Public International Law:
1990 - at the Faculty of Law within the University of Bucharest;
1992 - at the Faculty of Juridical and Administrative Sciences within the 'Dimitrie Cantemir' Christian University, Bucharest;
1992 - at the Faculty of Law within the 'Nicolae Titulescu' Institute of Law and International Relationships, Bucharest;
1992 - 1997 - at the Faculty of Law within the 'Titu Maiorescu' University, Bucharest;
1995 - Member of the American Society of International Law
1980 - Visiting Fellow at the Human Rights and Peace Division, UNESCO;
1980 - Visiting Research-Fellow at the International Research Institute for Peace, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo;

Scientific works
Author of more than 150 scientific articles in different Romanian and foreign journals, concerning the system human rights protection in Europe, other legal issues of domestic and international law and relationships etc.
Author of more than 140 papers and articles presented with the occasion of various international meetings
Latest published works
2000 - 'The Fight for the Future'
1999 - Preparing 'International Organization'
1999 - Preparing Encyclopaedic collection DOCUMENTA UNIVERSALES III: 'Romania and the Council of Europe', vol.I+II
1999 - “International Public Law – Examination Syntheses”, ALL Publishing House, Bucharest
1998 - Encyclopaedic collection DOCUMENTA UNIVERSALES II, Published by 'Monitorul Oficial' and the 'Romanian Association for Democratic Education' (ARED), Bucharest (4 vol.):
Vol. I - 'The Rights of the persons belonging to national minorities - International Law Provisions';
Vol. II - 'The Rights of the persons belonging to national minorities – Legal Domestic Provisions for the European States”;
Vol. III - 'The Rights of the persons belonging to national minorities – Romanian Law Provisions (1989 - 1998)';
Vol. IV - 'The Rights of the persons belonging to national minorities – Romanian Law Provisions (1918 - 1989)';
1998 - 'Treaties Signed by Romania (1990-1997)' published by 'Monitorul Oficial' and the 'Romanian Association for Democratic Education' (ARED), Bucharest;
1997 - Encyclopaedic collection DOCUMENTA UNIVERSALES I -'Fundamental Documents in International Law and Relationships', vol. I+II published by 'Monitorul Oficial' and the 'Romanian Association for Democratic Education' (ARED), Bucharest;
1996 - 'Romania and the New World Architecture', published by 'Monitorul Oficial' and the 'Romanian Association for Democratic Education' (ARED), Bucharest;
1996 - 'International Economic Law', published by 'Monitorul Oficial' and 'The Romanian Institute for International Studies' (IRSI), Bucharest;
1996 - 'The Political Idea of Changing', published by 'Monitorul Oficial', Bucharest;
1996 - 'Parliamentary Humour', published by 'Monitorul Oficial', Bucharest;
1995 - 'Nicolae Titulescu - Our Contemporary' published by 'Metropol' and the 'Titulescu European Foundation' bilingual Romanian-French version, Bucharest;
1995 - 'International Contemporary Law', published by 'Monitorul Oficial' and the 'Romanian Institute for International Studies' (IRSI), Bucharest;
1994 - co-author to 'International Public Law' (2nd edition published in 1997) published by 'Sansa', Bucharest;
1994 - 'Human Rights, Civil Society, Parliamentary Diplomacy;ideas, actions, evolution' published by 'Monitorul Oficial' and the 'Romanian Institute for Human Rights' (IRDO), Bucharest;
1992 - 'Human Rights – The Religion of the next century', published by 'The Romanian Institute for Human Rights' (IRDO), Bucharest;
1991 - 'The Right to Peace', International Law: Achievements and Prospects General Editor Mohammed Bedjaoui, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, UNESCO, Paris, pp. 1219 - 1231.
2002 - "Romania-NATO 2002"
2002 - "NATO Enlargement"

Political activity
16 June 2001 - Elected Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD)
19 January 2001 - Elected Chairman of the PDSR
28 December 2000 - Appointed and validated as Prime Minister of Romania
December 2000 - Prime Deputy Chairman of PDSR ensuring the interim of the Party Presidency
March 1997 - Prime Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of the Social Democracy Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR), Bucharest;
1993 - 1997 - Executive President of the Executive Board of the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR), Bucharest;
December 1996 - Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies within the Parliament of Romania, Bucharest; Member of the Chamber of Deputies Standing Bureau within the Parliament of Romania, Bucharest coordinating the following Standing Committees: The Committee for Legal Affairs, Discipline and Parliamentary Immunity, The Committee on Foreign Policy; The Committee on Culture, Arts and Media.
1997 - Member of the Delegation of the Romanian Parliament at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
1996 - Member of the Romanian Parliamentary Commission to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
- Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights;
- Member of the Committee on Rules of Procedures and Immunities, member of the Subcommittee for Human Rights
- Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights in connection with the illegal activity of sects
- Rapporteur to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on issues concerning the harmonisation of penal Law throughout Europe
1993 - 1997 - Executive President of the Executive Board of the Social Democracy Party of Romania (PDSR), Bucharest;
October 1992 - Member of the International Assembly of the Francophone Members of Parliament - the European Section (at the present moment: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophones);
October 1992 - November 1996 -President of the Chamber of Deputies within the Parliament of Romania, Bucharest;
28 June 1990 - 16 October 1992 - Minister of Foreign Affairs

Foreign languages
English, French