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Andrei Magheru
Ambassador
Born: April 15, 1935, Bucharest. Son of Ion Magheru,
career diplomat (1924-1952) and Fathmé, housewife
Married to Valeria Gagealov, actress
Studies
- 1953 - "Dimitrie Cantemir" High School, Bucharest
- 1974 - Graduate of the Faculty of Romanic, Classical and Oriental Languages, French
Department, University of Bucharest
- 1975-1976 - Post-University Studies on International Relations at the
Faculty of Journalism, Bucharest
Professional Career
- 1964-1984 - journalist, commentator, presenter and editor at
the Romanian Radio & Television Broadcasting Company
- 1984-1990 - head of the French Department at Radio Romania International
- 1990 - Editor-in-chief, Radio Romania International
- 1990-1995 - Cultural Counselor and Responsible for the
relations with the Francophony, Embassy of Romania to France
- since 1991 - Romanian Government's Representative to the
Permanent Council of Francophony
- 1995-1998 - Minister-Counselor and Deputy Director, Directorate for UNO and
Other International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1995-1998 - National Correspondent to the Intergovernmental
Agency of the Francophony, Paris
- 1995-1998 - Executive Secretary of the National Consultative Council for Francophony
- 1998 - Director, Directorate for UNO and Other International
Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1998-1999 - Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Romania to Ottawa
- 1999-2001 - Alternate Permanent Representative of Romania to the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
- Since 2001 - Personal Representative of the President of
Romania to the Permanent Council of Francophony
- 2001-2004 - Diplomatic Adviser to the Minister of Culture and Cults
- December 2001 - promoted, by Presidential Decree, to the rank of Ambassador
- 2004-2006 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent
Representative of Romania to UNESCO
- 2004, February 14 - elected vice-president of the Latin Union by its 21st
Congress
- 2005 - elected vice-president of the Group of Francophone Ambassadors to
UNESCO
- 2006 - elected president of the Group of Francophone Ambassadors to UNESCO
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In his Office at UNESCO, Paris
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General Director of UNESCO , Mr. Koichiro
MATSUURA and Ambassador Andrei MAGHERU (remittance of an instrument of
ratification, January 2006)
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Ambassador Andrei MAGHERU's Speech, in the presence of
General Director of UNESCO , Mr. Koichiro
MATSUURA, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversarry of Romania's
accession to UNESCO
(July 23, 2006)
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Ambassador Andrei MAGHERU is given the Order of
Pleiad by Senator
Jacques LEGENDRE, secretary general of the Parliamentary Assembly of
Francophony
(July, 2005)
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Affiliations
- Since 1991 - Member of the French Cultural Association "Ianchelevici's Friends"
- Maison Lafitte
- Since 1991 - Member of the Belgian Cultural Association "Ianchelevici's Friends",
Brussels
- Since 1993 - Member of the International Committee and of the Council of
Administration of the French Cultural Association "Maurice Baumont's Friends",
Paris
- 1995 - Member of the Association "Biennium of French Language"
- 1997-1998 - General Secretary of "Nicolae Titulescu" European Foundation
- Since 1997 - Founding Member of "General Berthelot" Foundation, Cluj-Napoca
- 2001-2004 - Member of the Council of Administration of Francophone
Academic Agency
- 2002-2004 - Member of the Council of Administration of the National
Institute of Economic Development (INDE), Bucharest
Prizes and Awards
- 1996 - Chevalier of the Order "Arts and Letters", French Republic
- 1997 - Officer of the National Order of Merit, French Republic
- 1999 - Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, French Republic
- 2000 - Chevalier of the National Order for Faithful Service, Romania
- 2005 - Chevalier of the National Order of Pleiad, granted by the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophony
- 2007 - Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, French Republic
Hobbies
- music, poetry, photography, sports (athletics, skiff, rugby, wrestling)
Foreign Languages
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