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=== Roles ===
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Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is a Romanian historian, politician and former Prime Minister of Romania. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is married and has one son. He is fluent in three foreign languages (English, French and German) and he also reads Hungarian.
  
Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu is a Romanian historian, politician and former Prime Minister of Romania.
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Ungureanu was a Professor at the University of Iasi when he was recruited to the diplomatic service in 1998. He subsequently served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2000, and was a Vienna-based representative of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe from 2000 to 2004. In 2004, he was the foreign minister of Romania until 2007, and later the same year, he was appointed as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service.
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! colspan="2" class="n" style="text-align: center; font-size: 132%;" | Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu
He served as Prime Minister of Romania in the year 2012, and won a seat in the Romanian Senate on in the 2012 elections.
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Prime-minister of Romania
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|-
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
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9 February 2012 – 7 May 2012
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|-
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! style="text-align:left;" | President
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| Traian Băsescu
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|-
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
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| Cătălin Predoiu
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|-
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
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| Victor Ponta
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|-
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
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|-
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
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5 December 2007 – 9 February 2012
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|-
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
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| Silviu Predoiu
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|-
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
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| Teodor Melescanu
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|-
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Minister of Foreign Affairs
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|-
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |In office
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28 December 2004 – 12 March 2007
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|-
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! style="text-align:left;" | Preceded by
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| Mircea Geoană
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|-
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! style="text-align:left;" | Succeeded by
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| Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
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|-
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Member of the Romanian Senate
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|-
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| colspan="2" style="border-bottom:none; text-align:center" |Incumbent
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29 December 2012 -
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|-
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! colspan="2" style="background-color: lavender; text-align: center" | Personal details
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|-
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! style="text-align:left;" | Born
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| 22 September 1968 (age 45)
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Iași, Romania
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! style="text-align:left;" | Political party
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| Democratic Liberal Party
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! style="text-align:left;" | Alma mater
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| University of Iaşi, St Cross College, Oxford
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! style="text-align:left;" | Profession
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| Politician, professor
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=== Education ===
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== Political Career ==
  
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu studied History and Philosophy at the University of Iasi where he graduated in 1992. In 1993, he obtained a Master’s degree at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, an affiliated program of St Cross College at the University of Oxford.  
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Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu was a Professor at the University of Iasi when he was recruited to the diplomatic service in 1998. He subsequently served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2000, and was a Vienna-based representative of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe from 2000 to 2004. From 2004, he was the foreign minister of Romania until 2007, and later the same year, he was appointed as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service. He served as Prime Minister of Romania in the year 2012, and won a seat in the Romanian Senate on in the 2012 elections.
In 2004, he received a Ph. D. degree from the University of Iasi after submitting a thesis on the "Conversion and integration in the Romanian society in the early-modern era".
 
  
=== History ===
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== Academic Career ==
  
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is married and has one son. He is fluent in three foreign languages (English, French and German) and he also reads Hungarian.
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In January 2007 he became professor of the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest. Further to this, he is a member of the Romanian Society of Heraldry, Genealogy Sealography and Romanian Academy as well as a member of the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies "Sever Zotti" University. He is also director of the Center for Jewish Studies, editor of the "Journal of Social History" (1996) and coordinator of the collection Historia Polirom Publishing House (1998).
  
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== Education ==
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Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu studied Mathematics and Physics at the Costache Negruzzi high-school in Iași (Romania) where he graduated as valedictorian in 1987. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu later studied History and Philosophy at the University of Iași where he graduated in 1992. From 1985 to 1989, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu was an alternate member of the Union of Communist Youth Central Committee, while between 1990 and 1992, he was a member of the university senate as a student representative. In 1993, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu obtained a master's degree at the Oxford Center in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, an affiliated program of St Cross College at the University of Oxford (UK). In March 2004 he received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Iași for his thesis on the "Conversion and integration in the Romanian society in the early-modern era".
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== Further information ==
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[http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/index.php?mihai-razvan-ungureanu “The Future has the Flavor of the Past”A lecture by Senator Mihai Razvan Ungureanu]
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[http://www.oyed.org/index.php?an-interview-with-senator-mihai-razvan-ungureanu-member-of-the-romanian-senate-former-prime-minister-of-romania An Interview with Senator Mihai Razvan Ungureanu]
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[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiGDGkY72HQZgwcokey2hGVJ1C_BIxd3K International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion - April 2014]
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{| class="wikitable succession-box" style="margin: auto;" font-size:95%;clear:both;"<tbody>
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! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;" | Political offices
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Mircea Geoană
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| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Foreign Affairs
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2004–2007
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
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|-
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Cătălin Predoiu
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| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Prime Minister of Romania
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2012
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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Victor Ponta
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|-
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by László Borbély
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| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Minister of Environment and Forests
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2012
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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Attila Korodi
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|-
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable succession-box" style="margin: auto;" font-size:95%;clear:both;"<tbody>
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! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;" | Party political offices
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Adrian Iuraşcu
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| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | President of Civic Force
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2012 -
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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Incumbent
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|-
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|}
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{| class="wikitable succession-box" style="margin: auto;" font-size:95%;clear:both;"<tbody>
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! colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;" | Government offices
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|- style="text-align:center;"
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Preceded by Silviu Predoiu
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| width="40%" style="text-align: center;" rowspan="1" | Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
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2007 - 2012
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| width="30%" align="center" rowspan="1" | Succeeded by
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Silviu Predoiu
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|-
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|}
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://www.mrusenator.ro/despre-mru/ Official Page]
  
http://www.mrusenator.ro/despre-mru/
 
  
 
[[Category:ICD_Advisory_Board_Members]]
 
[[Category:ICD_Advisory_Board_Members]]

Latest revision as of 15:06, 4 September 2014

File:Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu.jpg
"The Future has the Flavor of the Past"- (Rome, Italy; April 2nd, 2014"

Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is a Romanian historian, politician and former Prime Minister of Romania. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu is married and has one son. He is fluent in three foreign languages (English, French and German) and he also reads Hungarian.

Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu
Prime-minister of Romania
In office

9 February 2012 – 7 May 2012

President Traian Băsescu
Preceded by Cătălin Predoiu
Succeeded by Victor Ponta
Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
In office

5 December 2007 – 9 February 2012

Preceded by Silviu Predoiu
Succeeded by Teodor Melescanu
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office

28 December 2004 – 12 March 2007

Preceded by Mircea Geoană
Succeeded by Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Member of the Romanian Senate
Incumbent

29 December 2012 -

Personal details
Born 22 September 1968 (age 45)

Iași, Romania

Political party Democratic Liberal Party
Alma mater University of Iaşi, St Cross College, Oxford
Profession Politician, professor

Political Career[edit]

Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu was a Professor at the University of Iasi when he was recruited to the diplomatic service in 1998. He subsequently served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2000, and was a Vienna-based representative of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe from 2000 to 2004. From 2004, he was the foreign minister of Romania until 2007, and later the same year, he was appointed as Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service. He served as Prime Minister of Romania in the year 2012, and won a seat in the Romanian Senate on in the 2012 elections.

Academic Career[edit]

In January 2007 he became professor of the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest. Further to this, he is a member of the Romanian Society of Heraldry, Genealogy Sealography and Romanian Academy as well as a member of the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies "Sever Zotti" University. He is also director of the Center for Jewish Studies, editor of the "Journal of Social History" (1996) and coordinator of the collection Historia Polirom Publishing House (1998).

Education[edit]

Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu studied Mathematics and Physics at the Costache Negruzzi high-school in Iași (Romania) where he graduated as valedictorian in 1987. Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu later studied History and Philosophy at the University of Iași where he graduated in 1992. From 1985 to 1989, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu was an alternate member of the Union of Communist Youth Central Committee, while between 1990 and 1992, he was a member of the university senate as a student representative. In 1993, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu obtained a master's degree at the Oxford Center in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, an affiliated program of St Cross College at the University of Oxford (UK). In March 2004 he received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Iași for his thesis on the "Conversion and integration in the Romanian society in the early-modern era".

Further information[edit]

“The Future has the Flavor of the Past”A lecture by Senator Mihai Razvan Ungureanu

An Interview with Senator Mihai Razvan Ungureanu

International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & Religion - April 2014


Political offices
Preceded by Mircea Geoană Minister of Foreign Affairs

2004–2007

Succeeded by

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

Preceded by Cătălin Predoiu Prime Minister of Romania

2012

Succeeded by

Victor Ponta

Preceded by László Borbély Minister of Environment and Forests

2012

Succeeded by

Attila Korodi

Party political offices
Preceded by Adrian Iuraşcu President of Civic Force

2012 -

Succeeded by

Incumbent

Government offices
Preceded by Silviu Predoiu Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service

2007 - 2012

Succeeded by

Silviu Predoiu

External Links[edit]

Official Page