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Adrian Severin
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
Honorary President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
Born: March 28, 1954, Bucharest
Nationality: Romanian
Citizenship: Romanian
Civil status
Married to Emilia-Maria, PhD in biology, specialized in ecology and human genetics. Professor and head of human genetics chair at
"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest.
Studies
- 1974-1978 - Law Faculty at the University of Bucharest
- LL.D. at the University of Bucharest (1986)
- Post-graduate studies in economy, management, marketing, industrial
property rights at London University Business School, University of
Bucharest, University of Timisoara and Academy of Economic Studies,
Bucharest
Professional Activity
- Legal adviser at the Romanian Consulting Institute Romconsult (1978-1986)
- Arbitrator with various commercial arbitration courts since 1987.
Presently,
- Member of the Board with the Romanian Court of Arbitration attached to the
Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Member of the American Arbitration Association
- Member of the Court of Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Slovenia
- Arbitrator with the International Court of Arbitration attached to the
International Chamber of Commerce from Paris
- Senior Lecturer, teaching "International Commercial Law" and
"Civil and Commercial Comparative Law" at Academy for Social and
Political Studies, Bucharest (1986-1989) and University of Bucharest
(1990-1992)
- Commercial Law Professor at the National School for Political and
Administrative Studies (1993 - )
- Commercial Law Professor at the "Titu Maiorescu" University
-Bucharest (1999 - )
- Senior Partner at the "Racotzi, Predoiu & Partners" Law Office
- Member of the Committee of Recommendation with the Amsterdam School of
International Relations, University of Amsterdam
- Member of the Advisory Panel of the "Eurobarometer Project"
under the auspices of the European Union
- In-country coordinator within the East-West Institute (USA) Team for the
preparation of "The General Political Program for the First and the
Third Working Table of the Stability Pact for South-East Europe"
- Founding Member of the Romanian Academic Society
Political Activity
Political Affiliation
- Member and Vice-President of the Democratic Party (1992 - April 1999)
- April 1999-September 2000 - Independent
- Since September 2000 - Member of PDSR
Executive Branch
- Member of the Provisory Council of National Union (1990)
- State Secretary for Privatization at the Ministry of National Economy
(1990)
- Deputy Prime Minister for Reform and Relations with the Parliament
(1990-1991)
- President of the National Agency for Privatization and Development of the
Small and Medium Enterprises (1991-1992)
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1996-1997)
Parliamentary Branch
- Member of Parliament, Chamber of Deputies, since 1990. Re-elected for
1992-1996 and 1996-2000.
- Leader of the Democratic Party Political Parliamentary Group in the
Chamber of Deputies (1992-1996)
- Member and Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
Europe (1993-1996)
- Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Human Rights of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (1995-1996)
- Vice-President of the Socialist Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1995-1996)
- Head of the Romanian Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1998-1999)
- Head of the Ad-hoc Committee of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly for Belarus
Other Assignments
- Co-president of the USA-Romania Action Commission
- Special Representative of the President of Romania for the South-Eastern
European Cooperative Initiative
Affiliations
- Member of the Board with several companies and commercial banks since 1979
(1.g. Romconsult SA, Romcontrol SA, Romanian Bank for Foreign Trade,
Agricultural Bank, Petrol Export SA etc.)
- Member of the Legal Commission of the Romanian-Yugoslavian Committee on
the Danube Hydro Energy and Navigation Iron Gates Project (1987-1990)
- Member of the Board with the World Assembly for the Small and Medium-Sized
Enterprises (1992-1994)
- Member of the Romanian Bar (since 1994)
- Member of the Romanian Lawyers’ Association (since 1980)
- Member of the Romanian Association for International Law and International
Relations (since 1985; between 1987-1990 secretary of the international law
section)
- Member of the Romanian Society for Comparative Law (since 1986)
- Founding Member of the Romanian Academic Society (1996)
Publishing Activity
- Senior Columnist at "Ziua" Journal ("The Day")
- Senior Columnist at "Lumea" Magazine ("The World")
- Published Works: Author or co-author of several books and articles on
international commercial law, international trade arbitration, comparative
civil and commercial law, economic and political reform, international
relations (selected list):
- Collective Legal Entities in Romania (1981)
- The Settlement of Commercial Disputes between Parties from the COMECON Countries (1989)
- International Commercial Law. Romanian Regulations on Foreign Trade
(1989)
- The International Selling-Purchasing Contract in Eastern European
Countries (1990)
- The Morning’s Tears/The Weaknesses of Roman's Government (1995)
- The Challenge of NATO Enlargement (1999)
- Law in Greater Europe/Towards a Common Legal Area (2000)
Prizes and Awards
- Honour Prize of the World Assembly for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
(WASME)
- "Euromarket" Prize of the European Market Research Center-Bruxelles
- "Man of the 20th Century" Award, International
Biographical Center, United Kingdom
- "Pro Merito" Medal, awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe
- "Francisco de Miranda" Order, First Class, Republic of Venezuela
- "International Understanding" award, presented by the
"People to People International Organization" – USA
- Award of Excelence and "Manfred Worner" medal, presented by the
Euro-Atlantic Association "Manfred Worner"
- Award "Man of the Year", Category "Politicians and
Diplomats", Bucharest, January 2001, granted by "NINE
O'CLOCK" Publications "for ardent effort aimed at Romania's
accession to Euro-Atlantic organizations and to enhancing Romania's prestige
in Europe and the entire world".
- July 17, 2002 - Knight of the National Order of Romania "Faithful
Service" for the successful accomplishment of the double mandate as
Acting President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and for "his
outstanding diplomatic abilities"
Foreign languages
- English and French (fluent), Spanish, Russian and Italian (fair)
Address:
- Home: 24, Kiseleff Av., Sector 1, Bucharest, ROMANIA
- Office: Parliament of Romania, Chamber of Deputies, 2-4, Izvor St.,
Bucharest, ROMANIA
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