Minister for Foreign Affairs of Romania since January 2017 for the third time (previously in 1992 – 1996 and 2014). Minister Meleșcanu has extensive political and administrative experience: three times senator in the Romanian Parliament, re-elected in 2016, he held numerous high-level positions in the administration. He was defence minister (2007 – 2008) and State Advisor on defence and security in the Prime Minister Chancellery in 2015. He was also head of the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (2012 – 2014). Minister Meleșcanu is professor at the doctoral school of the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration. He graduated from the Faculty of Law (University of Bucharest) and holds a PhD in social and political science, specializing in international law, from the University of Geneva.
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