Short description:

• Associate Professor within the “Department of Trade, Economic Integration and Business Administration”.
• Member of the European Commission between January 2007 – February 2010, being the first Romanian European commissioner in the history of the European Union (EU).
• Presidential adviser on EU affairs between March 2010 – September 2011 and between January 2015 – October 2021.
• Minister of European Affairs (responsible also with the EU funds) between September 2011 – December 2012.
• Deputy Chief Negotiator with the EU between May 2001 – December 2004 and later Chief Negotiator with the EU between December 2004 – April 2005.
• Signer, as Chief Negotiator with the EU, of the Accession Treaty of Romania to the EU, 25th of April 2005, Luxembourg
• Awarded in 2021 with the National Order “Star of Romania” (Steaua României) in the rank of Knight as a sign of high appreciation for the exceptional professional career, for the contribution to the European project of Romania and for the involvement in improving the efficiency of the Presidential Administration and awarded in 2002 with the National Order of Merit in the rank of Knight for the contribution to Romania’s accession to NATO.

Member of professional associations/organizations: –

Fields of interest/research:

• European Affairs
• Foreign Affairs

Hobbies:

• History, Literature, Opera music, Sport