Personal information
Date and Place of Birth: January 11, 1968, Medgidia
Marital Status: Married, one daughter

 

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
• As of August 2012, Minister of Foreign Affairs;
• May 2012 – August 2012 ,Minister of Justice;
• December 2008 – May 2012,Senator, Chairman of the Foreign Policy Committee in the Romanian Senate, Member of the Romanian Parliament’s Delegation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe;
• December 2007 – December 2008, Elected Member of the European Parliament; First Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the European Parliament, Member of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee;
• September 2005 – December 2006, Observer member of the European Parliament; Member of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament;
• December 2004 – December 2007, Member of the Deputies’ Chamber, Romanian Parliament; Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Romanians Abroad, Member of the Committee on European Integration;
• July 2003 – December 2004, Secretary of State, Department for Romanians Abroad;
• October 2001 – June 2003, Personal Foreign Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister;
• September 1994 – October 2001,Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
• August 1997 – August 2001,Co-agent of the Romanian Government before the European Court of Human Rights;

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• November 2010, Ph.D. in Law / University of Bucharest;
• June 2005, National Defense College, Bucharest;
• 1995,National Institute for Public Administration in Paris, training course in the field of diplomacy and international relations;
• 1995, Advanced Studies Diploma in International Law and International Relations, University of Bucharest;
• 1990-1994, Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest;

 

POLITICAL BACKGROUND
• February 2010 – present, Vice President of the Social Democratic Party (PSD);
• February 2009 – February 2010, President of the PSD, Department on Foreign Affairs;
• December 2006 – December 2008, PSD Secretary General;
• April 2005 – December 2006, PSD Vice President;
• April 2004 – April 2005, Spokesperson of PSD, Member of the Coordination Bureau;
• July 2002 – April 2004, Executive Secretary of the Social Democratic Youth (TSD) in charge of international relations;

 

CIVIL BACKGROUND
• 1993 – present, Member of the Romanian Association for International Law (ADIRI), Vice President of the ADIRI “International Law” Division since 2003;
• 2002 – present, Member of the Titulescu European Foundation;
• 2002 – present, Member of the International Law Association (ILA), Romanian division;

 

PUBLISHING ACTIVITY, SOLE AUTHOR
• 2011, Enforcement of the European Court of Human Rights’ decisions, Monografii (Monographs) Collection, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2011;
• Succession of the Russian Federation to the Belgrade Convention regarding the regime of navigation on the Danube (1948) and to the Danube Commission, Monografii Collection Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2012;
• Succession of the states in international law. Particular Case: Republic of Moldova, Monografii Collection, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2012;
• European and International Protection of Human Rights, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2012+ numerous articles published in specialty magazines, ranked ISI, B+, BDI etc.

 

ACADEMIC AND TEACHING ACTIVITY
• 2010-present, Lecturer, “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University, Faculty of Political Science, discipline “Human Rights”;
• 2010-present, Lecturer, “Nicolae Titulescu” University, Faculty of Social and Administrative Science, discipline “International Public Law”;
• 2011-May 2012, Director of the International Institute for Human Rights, “Dimitrie Cantemir” Christian University;

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES
• 1993 – 1994, Research assistant, Romanian Institute for International Studies (IRSI);
• 1994 – 1995, Associated assistant at the public law chair (public international law) – University of Bucharest;
• 1992 – 1995, Member of the European Law Students' Association (ELSA);
• Since 2011, Lawyer, Bucharest Association Bar (currently suspended upon request);

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English: Proficient
French: Proficient

Additional Information
2004, Awarded the “Romanian Star” National Order, in rank of Knight;

Personal site: www.tituscorlatean.ro