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George Cojocaru
Chairman of the Board and General
Director of Romexpo SA, Bucharest
Born on June 18, 1937, in Bucharest, Romania
Education
Career
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1961- 1966 - Agroexport (foreign trade enterprise for export
and import of
agricultural products)
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1966-1968 - counselor for Asia-Oceania & American Countries Department, then Director for Latin America, in the Ministry of
Foreign Trade
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1968-1972 - Head of the Romanian Commercial Office in Sri Lanka
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1972-1978 - Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Trade, America
Division
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1978-1982 - Head of the Romanian Commercial Office in Los Angeles, USA
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1982-1985 - Director, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Latin
America Division
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1985-1987 - General Director of "Romanoexport"
(foreign trade company for export-import of textiles and knitwear
products)
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1987-1990 - Director of the Department for International
Relations of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
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1990-1991 - Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
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1991-1996 Secretary General, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania
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since 1991 - Chairman of the Board and General Director of the ROMEXPO
SA (largest
Romanian company specialized in organizing fairs and exhibitions)
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1993 - Member, Economic Commission of International Fairs Organization
(UFI)
Chairman of the Board of ROMINVENT SA (largest Romanian company specialized
in protecting intellectually property rights and commercial trade marks)
Chairman of the Board, Black Sea Business Center
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1996-2004 - President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and of the Bucharest
Municipality
- 1996 President - Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and of
Bucharest Municipality
President of ASOEXPO - ORGANIZERS OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS ASSOCIATION
Member of the Board of Directors of the BSEC Business Council
Member of the IBCC-ICC Paris (Board of Chambers of Commerce within the
International Chamber of Commerce)
Technical representative of Romania for the International Exhibitions Bureau
(BIE)
Member of the Governing Body of WASME (World Association of SMEs)
Honorary President of the Distribution Romanian Committee
- 1997 - President of the General Assembly of the Presidents of all
Territorial Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Co-chairman of the Romanian Business Councils with: Austria, Hungary,
Turkey, Japan, USA, Korea, India, Thailand, Singapore, Egypt, Iran
- 1998 - Vice-President of the Association of the Chambers of Commerce and
Industry from Balkan Countries
Member of the Economic Consulting Committee by the Presidency of Romania
- 1999 - President of the Association of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry
from Balkan Countries
- 1999 - Founding member of ADER (Alliance for the Economic Development of Romania);
First chairman of ADER; Spokesman of ADER
- 1999 - Member of AOAR (Romanian Businessmen Association)
- 1999 - Member of the Steering Committee of the Economic Commission of International
Fairs Organization (UFI)
- 1999 - Member of the UFI Board
- 2000 - Member of the Administrative Council of EuroChambres, representing
the Affiliated Members
- 2000 - Vice-President of AOAR
- 2002 - Member to the Consultative Economic Council of the President of
Romania
- 2002-2003 - Member in the Board of EuroChambres
Awards and Medals
- Great Silver Order for Merits to the Republic of Austria, granted by the
Federal President of Austria – dr. Thomas KLESTIL
- Knight of the Royal Danish Order "Ridderordeners Kapitel"
- Anniversary Medal awarded by the President of the Russian Federation on
the occasion of 300 years anniversary of St. Petersburg
- Knight of "Steaua Romaniei" Order
- Excellency Award of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and
Bucharest Municipality for special merits in the development of the Romanian business
community and its Chambers’ System
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Decoration of the Portuguese Government
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