Biographies
NATO Permanent Representative of Romania
Sorin Dumitru Ducaru
2006 -
Date and place of birth:
June 22 1964, Baia-Mare, Romania
Citizenship:
Romanian
Marital status:
Married, two children
Career:
| Since 1993 | Diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania |
| 1993-1994: | Expert in the Policy Planning Division on Euro-Atlantic Integration Issues |
| 1994-1995: | Counselor to the Minister |
| 1995-1996: | Director of the Minister's office & Spokesman |
| 1996-1997: | Head of the Division for NATO, WEU and Strategic Issues |
| 1998-2000: | Minister Counselor, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Romanian Embassy in Washington DC; |
| 2000-2001: | Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations – New York |
| 2001-2006 | Ambassador of Romania to United States of America |
| Since September 2006 | Permanent Representative of Romania to the North Atlantic Council |
Education:
| 1970-1978: | German School, Rîsnov, Romania |
| 1978-1982: | General Knowledge High-School "Dr.I.Mesota", Brasov, Romania (Baccalaureate in 1982) |
| 1983-1988: | Faculty of Electronics, Polytechnic Institute Bucharest - Graduated in 1988 with Master in Sciences in Applied Electronics |
| 1990-1992: | Post-graduate studies at the Romanian National School of Political Science and Public Administration (NSPSPA), Dept. of International Relations - Graduated with the maximum final average grade |
| 1992-1993: | Postgraduate studies at the Amsterdam School of International Relations (ASIR), University of Amsterdam. (TEMPUS scholarship) - Graduated "with distinction" in June 1993 - MA in International Relations, in July 1993 |
| July 2005: | PhD in International Economics |
Work experience
| 1985-1988: | Editor-in-chief of the students' magazine 'ING'. |
| 1988-1990: | Engineer at the Brasov Telecommunications Company. |
| 1990-1991: | Researcher at the Institute for Automation Bucharest. |
| Since 1993: | Associated lecturer in 'European Studies' at The Romanian National School for Political Studies and Public Administration, Dept. of International Relations. |
Skills
| Languages: | Romanian, English, German (fluent), French (good) |
| Computers: | Regular use of word processing, data base, graphics/film editing; software |
Hobbies
| Music, playing the guitar and keyboards | |
| Photography and film; | |
| Sports (especially ski and tennis). |
