Mihnea Motoc

Mihnea Ioan Motoc (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmihne̯a iˈo̯an moˈtok]) is a Romanian diplomat who served as Minister of Defence of Romania between November 2015 and January 2017, in the Cioloș Cabinet . Before this appointment, he was the country's ambassador to the European Union, and briefly the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom.

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Mihnea Motoc
Mihnea Motoc (March 2011)
Minister of National Defence
In office
17 November 2015 – 3 January 2017
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterDacian Cioloș
Preceded byMircea Dușa
Romanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office
11 September 2015 – 17 November 2015
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Prime MinisterVictor Ponta
Preceded byIon Jinga
Succeeded byDan Mihalache
Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union
In office
April 5, 2008 – 2 August 2015
PresidentTraian Băsescu
Prime MinisterCălin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Emil Boc
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Victor Ponta
Preceded byLazar Comanescu
Succeeded byLuminita Teodora Odobescu
Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations
In office
2003 – April 1, 2008
PresidentIon Iliescu
Succeeded bySimona Miculescu
State Secretary of Integrity
In office
2001–2003
PresidentIon Iliescu
Ambassador of Romania in the Netherlands
In office
1999–2001
PresidentIon Iliescu
Personal details
Born (1966-11-11) November 11, 1966
Bucharest, Romania
Spouse(s)Iulia Motoc
ChildrenLuca-Mihnea Motoc

Work history

Motoc has been a Romanian diplomat since the early 1990s, when he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. For most of the 1990s Motoc spent time in various Romanian government posts. He joined the United Nations in 2003, where he spent five years working as the Permanent Representative of Romania.[1] In 2008 he left his post at the UN to become the Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union.[2] He held this position until becoming Ambassador of Romania to London for a few months in 2015. In November 2015, he was appointed Minister of Defence in the Cioloș Cabinet and held the position until January 2017.

Education

Motoc studied law at the University of Bucharest from 1984 until 1989. Following this he went on to achieve a Certificate of post-graduate studies in Private International Law from the University of Nice in 1991 and a Master's Degree in Public International and Comparative Law from George Washington University a year later.[3]

Honors
  • Commander, National Order for Merit (Romania)
  • President of National Security Authority
  • Head of the Romanian Negotiations Team with the NATO
  • Conducted negotiations within UN, Council of Europe, OSCE, EU and Neighboring Treaties negotiations
  • Member of the Permanent Inter-ministerial Committee for European Integration
  • Monitor for ”acquis communautaire” on Common Foreign Security Policy
  • President of the Inter-Departmental Commission for Romania's accession to NATO
  • National Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
  • Member of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission
  • Vice-chairman for the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Personal life

Mihnea Motoc was born on 11 November 1966 in Bucharest.[1] He is fluent in English and French. He is married to Iulia Motoc, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights with whom he has one son, Luca-Mihnea.[3]

References
  1. NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ROMANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, United Nations Press Office, 5 May 2003, retrieved 14 July 2012
  2. Movers and shakers, European Voice, 8 May 2008, retrieved 14 July 2012
  3. "Mihnea Ioan MOTOC". Ronline. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2012.


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