George Ciamba

From 1999 to 2003, he was ambassador to Turkey and Permanent Representative of Romania to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization.{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/news/eveniment/george-ciamba-eu-inceput-grecia-uit-sensul-etimologic-cuvintelor-1_50acc2717c42d5a663898da1/index.html|title=George Ciamba: "Eu am început aici în Grecia să mă uit la sensul etimologic al cuvintelor"|website=adevarul.ro}}{{cite web|url=http://turkishpolicy.com/article/959/a-shared-neighborhood-winter-2014|title=Turkish Policy Quarterly|website=Turkish Policy Quarterly}} He was ambassador to Greece from 2005 to 2012.

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/how-romanias-eu-council-presidency-delivered-on-europes-common-future/|title=How Romania's EU Council presidency delivered on Europe's common future|last=Presidency|first=The Romania EU Council|date=2019-07-10|website=POLITICO|access-date=2019-11-07}}

George Ciamba served as Minister for European Affairs during Romania's first presidency of the Council of the European Union.{{Cite web|url=https://www.romania2019.eu/2019/06/28/the-message-of-minister-for-european-affairs-george-ciamba-at-the-end-of-the-romanian-presidency-of-the-council-of-the-european-union-presiding-over-the-council-was-the-maturity-test-for-roma/|title=The message of Minister for European Affairs George Ciamba at the end of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union "Presiding over the Council was the maturity test for Romania and a means to reconfirm its attachment to the European project" – George Ciamba|date=2019-06-28|website=Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-07}}

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.romania2019.eu/2019/06/28/progress-made-on-eu-legislation-under-the-romanian-presidency-en/|title=Progress made on EU legislation under the Romanian Presidency|date=2019-06-28|website=Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-07}}

Romania took over{{Cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/01/10/remarks-by-president-donald-tusk-at-the-opening-ceremony-of-the-romanian-presidency/|title=Speech by President Donald Tusk at the opening ceremony of the Romanian Presidency|website=www.consilium.europa.eu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}} the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union,{{Cite web|url=http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/presidency-council-eu/|title=The presidency of the Council of the EU|website=www.consilium.europa.eu|language=en|access-date=2019-11-07}} from January until June 2019, the first occasion since its EU accession. The motto of the Romanian Presidency was 'Cohesion, a Common European Value'.

It was preceded at the helm of the Council of the EU by Austria (July-December 2018) and succeeded by Finland (July-December 2019).

Member states holding the presidency work together closely in groups of three, called 'trios'. Romania was part of the Trio format alongside Finland and Croatia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/presidency-council-eu/|title=The presidency of the Council of the EU|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.romania2019.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Brosura-200x210-bilant-ENG.pdf|title=Results of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

During the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU, approximately 2,500 meetings and events were organized: the [https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/european-council/2019/05/09/ Sibiu Summit], over 2,000 meetings of working groups, 64 EU Council ministerial meetings, and a total of 300 events which were held in Romania.

90 legislative files were closed in a record time of three months, by the end of European Parliament's legislative activity - on average, one file per day. 84 EU Council Conclusions were adopted on multiple topics of common interest, numerous Progress Reports of the Presidency were developed, and a number of Council Decisions were approved.{{Cite web|url=https://www.romania2019.eu/2019/06/28/the-message-of-minister-for-european-affairs-george-ciamba-at-the-end-of-the-romanian-presidency-of-the-council-of-the-european-union-presiding-over-the-council-was-the-maturity-test-for-roma/|title=The message of Minister for European Affairs George Ciamba at the end of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}

• 1999: Romanian Ambassador of the Year, Romanian Daily.https://www.nineoclock.ro/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129233441/https://www.nineoclock.ro/ |date=2019-11-29 }} Nine O'clock
• 2000: National Order of Merit in the Rank of Commander - awarded by the President of Romania.
• 2012: Order of the Phoenix – Grand Cross Grade - awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic.

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