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Teodor Melescanu
First Vice-President of the
National Liberal Party
Born March 10, 1941, in Brad City, Hunedoara County, Romania
Married to Felicia, famous television journalist. One daughter, Marina, dentist
Religion: Christian-orthodox
Studies
- "Moise Nicoara" High School, Arad
- 1959-1964 - Bucharest Law School
- 1964-1966 - Post-graduate studies in International Relations at Bucharest University
- 1967-1970 - Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Geneva
- 1973 - Ph.D. in Political Sciences, specialty International Law, at Geneva University, Switzerland
Career
- 1966-1996 - diplomat, Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Directorate
for Judicial Affairs and Treaties. Passed through all diplomatic grades,
from attaché to ambassador
(1992). Attaché in MFA (1966); Third Secretary, Directorate for
International Organizations; Second Secretary (1970) at Permanent Mission of
Romania to UNO and Other International Organizations, Geneva (1978); First Secretary (1979);
Diplomatic Counsellor (1990)
- 1990-1992 - Undersecretary of State, then Secretary of State in the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- November 1992-December 1996 - State Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- October 1996 - member of PDSR and head of the National Committee for supporting Ion Iliescu's
Candidature to the Presidency of Romania
- since 1996 - PDSR Senator for Prahova County, head of the Commission on Foreign Policy
- January 1997 - elected Vice President of PDSR and appointed Spokesman of the Party
- July 1997 - resigns from PDSR and founds a new party - Alliance for Romania
(ApR), of social-democratic orientation
- December 1997 - elected President of APR
- November 2000 - runs for President of Romania, but fails
- 2001 - After APR merges with PNL, becomes First Vice-President of PNL
Membership
- Romanian International Law and International Relations Association (ADIRI)
- US International Law Association
Hobbies
Sports (tennis and ski), hunting and fishing
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