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Vasile Dīncu President
of the Agency for Governmental Strategies
Government of Romania
Born: November 25, 1961, Nasaud
Citizenship: Romanian
Religion: orthodox
Married. Two children: a daughter, Adriana (b.1987) and a son, Adrian Sebastian (b. August 2001)
Studies
- 1984-1989 - Faculty of History and Philosophy, "Babes-Bolyai"
University, Cluj-Napoca
- 1992-1995 - tutor in the field of intercultural communication on the basis
of a European research program initiated by the Franco-German Office for
Youth, Faculty of History and Philosophy. Philosophy Section
- 1998 - doctor in sociology, on the theme: "Symbolical dimension of
the social reality
Professional Activity
- 1989 - teacher of philosophy and social sciences at the Industrial High
School in Petrosani, Hunedoara
- 1990 - editor at the cultural section of the newspaper "Zori noi"
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October 1991 - Assistant Professor at the Sociology Department of the
University "Babes-Bolyai", Cluj-Napoca
- 1991-1999 - scientific research activity, at the same time with the
professorate activity; over 50 projects of empirical research on the
national level
- editor of the magazine " Studia", Sociologia series, director of
the magazine "Tribuna" and chief-editor of the "Transylvanian
Review"
- November 1994-December 2000 - general manager of the Institute of Social
Studies, Polling, Marketing and Publicity METRO MEDIA TRANSILVANIA",
Cluj-Napoca
- expert of ILO (International Labor Organization)
- December 2000-June 2003 - Minister of Public Information
- Since June 2003 - President of the Agency for Governmental Strategies,
Government of Romania
Publishing Activity
1. The chapters "Individual and society", "Organizations"
and "Mass communication", in the tome SOCIOLOGIE, Coordinated
by Traian Rotariu and Petru Ilut, Mesagerul Publishing House, 1996, 2 editions
2. Radio Audience in Romania, Romanian Cultural Foundation Publishing
House, Cluj-Napoca 1998, 554 pages (coordinator and coauthor)
3. V.S. Dincu , Civil Society and Local Administration, Metro Media
Press, Cluj-Napoca, 1999
4. V.S. Dincu, Symbolical Communication. The Anatomy of the Advertising
Discourse, Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 1999
5. R.Davis, C. Zamfir, V.Dincu, Methodology for Developing a Local Policy
for Poverty Alleviation, International Training Center, UNO, Torino, 1999
6. V.S. Dincu, Communication in the Institutional Management, Gewalt,
Cluj-Napoca, 2000
7. V.S.Dincu, The Country of the Happy TV Spectators. Counterideologies,
Dacia Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2000
Affiliations
Member of UNESCO National Commission (MOST Program)
Member of the Sociologists' Association of Romania
Foreign Languages
English, French
Contact Address
- Ministry of Public Information,
Victoria Palace, Victoria Square, Bucharest 1, Phone: +40-1-312.6931;
230.6595, 314.3400 extension 1381, 1245,
Fax: +40-1-223.2328, E-mail: vasile.dancu@publicinfo.ro
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