Senator and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania (2000-2004). He is President of the Aspen Institute Romania since 2006. He served as President of the Romanian Senate (2008-2011). Previously, he was Chairman of the Romanian Social-Democrat Party (PSD) (2005-2010), Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Romanian Senate and member in the European Integration Joint Committee of the Romanian Parliament. He also served as Ambassador to the United States. He graduated from the Polytechnic Institute, the University of Bucharest and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris, France.
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