Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
| Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu | |
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| Prime Minister of Romania | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 9 February 2012 |
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| President | Traian Băsescu |
| Deputy | Béla Markó |
| Preceded by | Cătălin Predoiu (Acting) |
| Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service | |
| In office 5 December 2007 – 9 February 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Emil Boc Cătălin Predoiu (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Silviu Predoiu (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Silviu Predoiu (Acting) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 28 December 2004 – 12 March 2007 |
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| Prime Minister | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu |
| Preceded by | Mircea Geoană |
| Succeeded by | Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 September 1968 Iași, Romania |
| Political party | Independent (2007–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
National Liberal Party (Before 2007) |
| Alma mater | University of Iaşi St Cross College, Oxford |
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj rəzˈvan unɡuˈre̯anu]; born September 22, 1968) is a Romanian historian, diplomat, politician and the current Prime Minister of Romania. He was the foreign minister of Romania from December 28, 2004 to March 12, 2007, and he was appointed as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service later in 2007. Following the resignation of the Emil Boc government he was designated as Prime Minister by President Traian Băsescu in February 2012.
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[edit] Personal life
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is married and has one son. He speaks fluently three foreign languages (English, French and German) and he also reads Hungarian.[1]
[edit] Education
Ungureanu studied math and physics at the Costache Negruzzi high-school in Iaşi, where he graduated valedictorian in 1988. Ungureanu studied afterwards history and philosophy at the University of Iaşi which he graduated in 1992, while between 1990 and 1992 he was a member of the university senate. In 1993, Ungureanu obtained a master's degree at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, an affiliated programme of St Cross College at the University of Oxford. In March 2004 he received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Iaşi after submitting a thesis on the "Conversion and integration in the Romanian society in the early-modern era". [2]
[edit] Professional career
From 1985 to 1989, Ungureanu was an alternate member of the Union of Communist Youth Central Committee.
Ungureanu was a professor at the University of Iaşi when he was recruited to the diplomatic service in 1998. He previously served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998–2000), and was a Vienna-based representative of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe (2000–2004).
A member of the National Liberal Party, part of the Justice and Truth Alliance, Ungureanu became foreign minister after the candidate supported by the alliance, Traian Băsescu, won the presidential election.[citation needed] On February 2, 2007, Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu requested Ungureanu's resignation because Ungureanu had failed to tell the government about the detention of two Romanian workers by coalition forces in Iraq, and Ungureanu agreed to resign.[3] On February 4, Ungureanu confirmed this,[4] and he presented his official resignation on February 5.[5] Popescu-Tăriceanu said that Ungureanu would continue to act as foreign minister until the swearing in of a successor.[6] On March 12, President Traian Băsescu signed a decree removing Ungureanu from his position.[7]
[edit] Foreign Intelligence Service tenure
On November 27, 2007, Băsescu nominated Ungureanu to head the Foreign Intelligence Service, the directorship of which had been vacant since Claudiu Săftoiu's March 19 resignation. A joint session of Parliament confirmed Ungureanu in his new position on December 5, with 295 of 318 MPs present voting in favour.[8]
[edit] Prime Minister
On February 6, 2012, Ungureanu was given a mandate by President Traian Băsescu to form a new government. The Romanian parliament approved his mandate on February 9, 2012. Ungureanu vowed to continue reforms and promote Romania's economic and politic stability amid current continuing crisis. [9]
[edit] References
- ^ Cosmin Ruscior (2012-02-06). "Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, şeful diplomaţiei, şeful spionilor, şeful Guvernului" (in Romanian). Radio France Internationale. http://m.rfi.ro/articol/stiri/politica/mihai-razvan-ungureanu-seful-diplomatiei-seful-spionilor-seful-guvernului.
- ^ Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, biography, InfoPortal.ro. Retrieved on February 7, 2012.
- ^ "Romanian foreign minister resigns after dispute with premier on Iraq workers", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), February 2, 2007.
- ^ "Romanian foreign minister confirms he will step down over Iraq workers dispute", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), February 4, 2007.
- ^ "Romanian FM submits resignation to PM", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), February 6, 2007.
- ^ "Romanian FM to be on duty till successor is sworn in", Xinhua (People's Daily Online), February 6, 2007.
- ^ "President signs decree on ForMin resignation, fails to name replacement", HotNews.ro, March 13, 2007.
- ^ "Răzvan Ungureanu este noul director al SIE" ("Răzvan Ungureanu is the new director of SIE"), Antena 3, December 5, 2007.
- ^ Romanian President Traian Basescu named Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu as new PM, Taiwan News, February 7, 2012. Retrieved on February 12, 2012
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Cătălin Predoiu Acting |
Prime Minister of Romania 2012–present |
Incumbent |
- 1968 births
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University alumni
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University faculty
- Alumni of St Cross College, Oxford
- Current national leaders
- Directors of the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service
- Living people
- National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians
- People from Iaşi
- Presidents of the United Nations Security Council
- Romanian Ministers of Foreign Affairs
