Mihnea Ioan MOTOC

WORK HISTORY

2003 – present                  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,

                                              Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations
 

2001 – 2003                       Secretary of State for European Integration and Multilateral Affairs,

                                              Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
 

1999 – 2001                       Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,

                                              Embassy of Romania to the Netherlands                                         

                                              Permanent Representative of Romania to the Organization for the Prohibition of

                                              Chemical Weapons
 

1997 – 1999                       Director General, Department for European and Euro-Atlantic Organizations, MFA

                                              Monitor the relations of Romania with EU, NATO, OSCE and sub-regional organizations

1996 – 1997                        Director, First Secretary, European Union Department, MFA

1994 – 1997                        Deputy Director, Second Secretary, Human Rights Department, MFA

1992 – 1994                        Diplomat, Third Secretary, Legal and Treaties Department, MFA

1991 - 1992                         Diplomat, Attaché - join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania,

                                               Legal Treaties Department, MFA

EDUCATION

1991 – 1992                         LL Master Public International and Comparative Law.

                                                Law University, George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA
 

1990 – 1991                         Certificate of post-graduate studies in Private International Law

                                                Law School, University of Nice, France
 

1984 – 1989                         J.D. Law, University of Bucharest

HONORS

Ø       Commander, National Order of Merit of Romania

Ø       President of National Security Authority

Ø       Head of the Romanian Negotiations Team with the NATO

Ø       Conduct negotiations within UN, Council of Europe, OSCE, EU and Neighboring Treaties negotiations

Ø       Member of the Permanent Inter- ministerial Committee for European Integration

Ø       Monitor for” acquis communautaire” on Common Foreign Security Policy

Ø       President of the Inter-Departmental Commission for Romania’s accession to NATO

Ø       National Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

Ø       Member of the International Humanitarian Fact Finding Commission

Ø       Vice- chairman for the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Fluent in  English and  French

Married with Iulia, has a son Mihnea-Luca