Dan Stoenescu

Dan Stoenescu
Minister – Delegate for Relations with Romanians Abroad
Assumed office
17 November 2015
President Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș
Preceded by Angel Tîlvăr
Personal details
Born (1980-11-04) 4 November 1980
Constanța, Romania
Political party Independent
Alma mater Austin College
University of Warwick
University of Bucharest

Dan Stoenescu (born November 4, 1980) is a Romanian career diplomat, political scientist, journalist, and essayist. Currently he is a Minister in the Romanian government of technocrats, under Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos. Throughout his career, he manifested a steady interest in the protection of rights of the Romanian diaspora[1] and in the preservation of the language, culture and civilization of ethnic Romanians abroad.[2] Dan Stoenescu is fluent in Spanish, French, Italian, English, Portuguese, Romanian, and has a basic knowledge of Arabic.

Education

He received a bachelor of arts degree in international studies from Austin College, in Sherman, Texas, in 2003,[3] a master of arts degree in globalization and development from Warwick University in the UK in 2005, a graduate diploma in forced migration and refugee studies from the American University in Cairo in 2006, and a PhD in political science from the University of Bucharest in 2009, where he wrote his dissertation on modern Arab nationalism and Islamic identity after 1987. He also attended courses at the European Security and Defence College[4] in Brussels, Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael[5] in the Hague, Matías Romero Institute[6] in Mexico City and Saifi Institute[7] for Arabic Language in Beirut.

Career

Stoenescu was sworn in during November 2015 as Minister-delegate for Romanians living abroad, in the government of technocrats, led by Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos. Previously, he had diplomatic postings in Madrid [8] and Beirut [9] and was president of EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) in Lebanon for two consecutive mandates [10] as a representative of the Romanian Cultural Institute. Between 2009 and 2010 he worked in the Department on Policies for the Relationship with Romanians Abroad.[11] Starting with September 2015 he was responsible for the Romanian schools in Spain as First Secretary at the Romanian Embassy in Spain.[12]

He previously lived in Egypt when he worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) offices in Cairo. Dan Stoenescu also worked as a journalist for various newspapers and magazines in Romania,[13] United States, United Kingdom, Egypt, Lebanon,[14] and the Republic of Moldova. He was involved in Egypt with non-governmental organizations such as African Hope,[15] in the United States he volunteered for the Center for the Survivors of Torture as well as in Central America for El Salvador’s Siglo XXIII.

Between 2005 and 2009 he was a lecturer in the political science department at the University of Bucharest,[16] and thereafter at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute.[17]

In 2000, he established the Worldwide Romanians Youth League (Liga Tinerilor Români de Pretutindeni) [18] and later on the Center for Democratic Education Romania.[19] Among many academic honors and distinctions he was awarded the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, Ford Foundation scholarship, First Phi Theta Kappa All-California Academic Team, Presbyterian Church USA Samuel Roberson award, and distinctions from California governor Gray Davis, assembly member Wilma Chan, and senator Don Perata.[20]

Published works

References

  1. ↑ La Vanguardia. Retrieved on March 10, 2010.
  2. ↑ Romanian Global News rgnpress.ro. Retrieved on January 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Fitzgerald, Wade. (2010-02-04) Austin College Professors Discuss History of Haiti, Relief Efforts | Austin College. Austincollege.edu. Retrieved on January 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ European Security and Defence College. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ Netherlands Instititute of International Relations Clingendael. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ Instituto Matías Romero. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ Saifi Institute for Arabic Language. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  8. ↑ Ambasada României la Madrid. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ambasada României la Beirut. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ Agenția Națională de Presă AGERPRES. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dan STOENESCU | Ministry of Foreign Affairs". www.mae.ro. Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  12. ↑ "Dan Stoenescu's CV" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ Lebanonwire, Live News Direct From Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanonwire.com. Retrieved on January 6, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Romanian student Daniel Stoenescu volunteered in El Salvador and Egypt". Abroadview.org. Retrieved on January 6, 2012.
  16. ↑ "Dan Stoenscu's CV" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-01-19.
  17. ↑ Institutul Diplomatic Român. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  18. ↑ Camera Deputaților. Retrieved on September 12, 2015.
  19. ↑
  20. ↑ Dan Stoenescu. Worldsecuritynetwork.com. Retrieved on January 6, 2012.

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