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Alexandru A. Farcas
Minister of European Integration
Born: June 30, 1959, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Nationality: Romanian
Religion: Uniate
Married, one child
Studies
- 1983 - LL.B. with distinction from "Babes-Bolyai" University Law School of Cluj-Napoca
- 1999 - LL.D. magna cum laudae from "Babes-Bolyai" University Law School of
Cluj-Napoca,
Specialty: International Public Law
Career
- 1983-1990 - Judge at Local Magistrate's Courts in Buftea, Turda and
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 1990-1993 - Director of Studies, Association for International Law and International Relations
(ADIRI)
- 1993-1996 - Director for Human Rights, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Romania
- 1996-2000 - Diplomatic Counsellor for Human Rights and Legal Affairs at Romania's Permanent Mission to UN Geneva
- 2000 - General Director, General Directorate for Legal Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
- 2001-2003 - Secretary of State for European Integration and International
Relations, Ministry of Interior
- Since 2003 - Minister of European Integration
Outstanding Assignments
- 1993-1995 - Member of the UN Working Group on the Right to Development
- 1993-1996 - Coordinator of the Interministerial Group of Experts for Promoting the Ratification (by Romania) of Council of Europe Conventions
- 1993-2000 - Member of the delegations of Romania to the World Conference on Human Rights, UN General Assembly, ECOSOC and UN Commission on Human Rights
- 1995-1996 - Member of negotiating teams for Romania's Basic Treaties with Hungary and Ukraine
- 1995-1996 - Member of the Steering Committee on Human Rights of the Council of Europe
- 1998-2000 - Member, then Alternate, on behalf of Romania in the European Commission on Democracy through Law
Academic Activity
- 1988-1990 - Associate Assistant on Civil Law and Private International Law at the "Babes-Bolyai" University Law School,
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 1990-1996 - Associate Lecturer on Public International Law at the National School for Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest, Romania
Publications
- Co-author - "Social Policies in Modern Romania" (coordinator Catalin
Zamfir), Alternative Editing House,Bucharest,
1996 (in English)
- Contributions (international affairs, minority rights, public law) to the
Romanian Review of International Studies , Romanian Academy, Bucharest and to
Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai of Cluj-Napoca, Romania; participation in
numerous international seminars and symposia
Foreign Languages
- Fluent in English and French
Address
- Ministry of Interior, 6-10, Mihai Voda St., Sector 5, Bucharest, Tel.:
+40-21-312.5976, Fax: +40-21-312.0575
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