Mircea Geoană
Appearance
Mircea Geoană | |
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Deputy Secretary General of NATO | |
Assumed office July 17, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Rose Gottemoeller |
President of the Senate | |
In office 19 December 2008 – 23 November 2011 | |
Preceded by | Ilie Sârbu |
Succeeded by | Petru Filip |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 28 December 2000 – 28 December 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Adrian Năstase Eugen Bejinariu |
Preceded by | Petre Roman |
Succeeded by | Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu |
Personal details | |
Born | Bucharest, Romania | 14 July 1958
Political party | Social Democratic Party (before 2011; 2012–2014)[1] Independent (2011–2012; 2014–2015) Romanian Social Party (2015–present)[2] |
Spouse(s) | Mihaela Geoană |
Alma mater | Polytechnic University of Bucharest University of Bucharest Bucharest University of Economic Studies |
Signature | |
Website | Official website |
Dan Mircea Geoană (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmirt͡ʃe̯a ˈd͡ʒe̯o̯anə]; born 14 July 1958)[3] is a Romanian politician. He was president of the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate from 20 December 2008 until he was revoked on 23 November 2011.
From 21 April 2005 until 21 February 2010 he was the head of the Partidul Social Democrat (PSD, Social Democratic Party), Romania's largest party.[4]
He was the candidate of the party for the position of President of Romania in the 2009 presidential election.
On 17 July 2019 he was appointed deputy secretary general[broken anchor] of NATO, replacing Rose Gottemoeller.[5][6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Știri de ultimă oră și ultimele știri online".
- ↑ Postelnicu, Valentina. "Mircea Geoană anunţă înfiinţarea Partidului Social Românesc (PSR)". Mediafax (in Romanian).
- ↑ "Biography" (in Romanian). personal website. Archived from the original on 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ↑ "Geoană, fostul şef al PSD, s-a relaxat la miezul nopţii cu o îngheţată" (in Romanian). www.gandul.info. 21 February 2009. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ↑ "NATO Secretary General appoints Mircea Geoana as next Deputy Secretary General". NATO.int. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has decided to appoint Mircea Geoana from Romania as the next Deputy Secretary General. He will replace Rose Gottemoeller from the United States, who took up her position in October 2016.
- ↑ Banila, Nicoleta (17 July 2019). "NATO appoints Romanian ex-foreign minister Mircea Geoana as deputy secretary general". SeeNews: Business Intelligence for Southeast Europe. Retrieved 17 July 2019.