Mihnea Motoc
{{short description|Romanian diplomat}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = H.E. Ambassador
| name = Mihnea Motoc
| image = MihneaMotoc.jpg
| alt = Mihnea Motoc
| image_size = 235px
| caption = Mihnea Motoc (March 2011)
| order = Minister of National Defence
| term_start = 17 November 2015
| term_end = 3 January 2017
| president = Klaus Iohannis
| primeminister = Dacian Cioloș
| predecessor = Mircea Dușa
| successor = Gabriel Leș
| order1 = Romanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
| term_start1 = 11 September 2015
| term_end1 = 17 November 2015
| president1 = Klaus Iohannis
| primeminister1 = Victor Ponta
| predecessor1 = Ion Jinga
| successor1 = Dan Mihalache
| order2 = Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union
|term_start2 = April 5, 2008
|term_end2 = 2 August 2015
|president2 = Traian Băsescu
|primeminister2 = Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu
Emil Boc
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Victor Ponta
|predecessor2 = Lazar Comanescu
| successor2 = Luminita Teodora Odobescu
|order3 = Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations
|term_start3 = 2003
|term_end3 = April 1, 2008
|president3 = Ion Iliescu
|predecessor3 =
|successor3 = Simona Miculescu
|order4 = State Secretary of Integrity
|term_start4 = 2001
|term_end4 = 2003
|president4 = Ion Iliescu
|predecessor4 =
|successor4 =
|order5 = Ambassador of Romania in the Netherlands
|term_start5 = 1999
|term_end5 = 2001
|president5 = Ion Iliescu
|predecessor5 =
|successor5 =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|11|11}}
| birth_place = Bucharest, Romania
|spouse = Iulia Motoc
|children = 1
| occupation =
}}
Mihnea Ioan Motoc ({{IPA|ro|ˈmihne̯a iˈo̯an moˈtok}}) is a Romanian diplomat who served as Minister of Defence of Romania between November 2015 and January 2017, in the Cioloș Cabinet. Before this appointment, he was the country's ambassador to the European Union between 2008 and 2015, and briefly the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is currently the Principal Adviser in the European Commission's Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action (IDEA) department.
Work history
Motoc has been a Romanian diplomat since the early 1990s, when he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. For most of the 1990s Motoc spent time in various Romanian government posts. He joined the United Nations in 2003, where he spent five years working as the Permanent Representative of Romania. In 2008, he left his post at the UN to become the Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union.{{citation|url=http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/movers-and-shakers/60694.aspx|title=Movers and shakers|date=8 May 2008|publisher=European Voice|access-date=14 July 2012}} He held this position until becoming Ambassador of Romania to London for a few months in 2015. In November 2015, he was appointed Minister of Defence in the Cioloș Cabinet{{Cite web |last=Adamowski |first=Jaroslaw |date=2017-05-25 |title=Romanian Parliament Approves New Government, Defense Minister |url=https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2015/11/18/romanian-parliament-approves-new-government-defense-minister/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=Defense News |language=en}} and held the position until January 2017.
Education
Motoc studied law at the University of Bucharest from 1984 until 1989. Following this he went on to achieve a Certificate of post-graduate studies in Private International Law from the University of Nice in 1991 and a Master's Degree in Public International and Comparative Law from George Washington University a year later.
Honors
- Commander, National Order for Merit (Romania)
- President of National Security Authority
- Head of the Romanian Negotiations Team with the NATO
- Conducted negotiations within UN, Council of Europe, OSCE, EU and Neighboring Treaties negotiations
- Member of the Permanent Inter-ministerial Committee for European Integration
- Monitor for” acquis communautaire” on Common Foreign Security Policy
- President of the Inter-Departmental Commission for Romania's accession to NATO
- National Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
- Member of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission
- Vice-chairman for the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Personal life
Mihnea Motoc was born on 11 November 1966 in Bucharest. He is fluent in English and French. He is married to Iulia Motoc, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights with whom he has one son, Luca-Mihnea.
References
- [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4025867,00.html Interview] in Deutsche Welle
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Category:Ministers of defence of Romania
Category:Permanent representatives of Romania to the European Union
Category:Permanent representatives of Romania to the United Nations
Category:Ambassadors of Romania to the United Kingdom
Category:Recipients of the National Order of Merit (Romania)
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