Mihnea Motoc

H.E. Ambassador Mihnea Motoc
Minister of National Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 November 2015
President	Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister	Dacian Cioloș
Preceded by	Mircea Dușa
Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union
In office April 5, 2008 – 2 August 2015
President	Traian Băsescu
Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Emil Boc Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu Victor Ponta
Preceded by	Lazar Comanescu
Succeeded by	Luminita Teodora Odobescu
Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations
In office 2003 – April 1, 2008
Succeeded by	Simona Miculescu
State Secretary of Integrity
In office 2001–2003
President	Ion Iliescu
Ambassador of Romania in the Netherlands
In office 1999–2001
President	Ion Iliescu
Ambassador of Romania to the UK
In office 11 September 2015 – 17 November 2015
President	Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister	Victor Ponta
Preceded by	Ion Jinga
Personal details
Spouse(s)	Iulia Motoc
Children	Luca-Mihnea Motoc

Mihnea Ioan Motoc (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmihne̯a iˈo̯an moˈtok]) is a Romanian diplomat who has serves as Minister of Defence since November 2015. Before this appointment, he was the country's ambassador to the UK.

Work history

Motoc has been a Romanian diplomat since the early 1990s, when he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. For most of the 1990s Motoc spent time in various Romanian government posts. He joined the United Nations in 2003, where he spent five years working as the Permanent Representative of Romania. In 2008 he left the UN to become the Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union.

Education

Motoc studied law at the University of Bucharest from 1984 until 1989. Following this he went on to achieve a Certificate of post-graduate studies in Private International Law from the University of Nice in 1991 and a Master's Degree in Public International and Comparative Law from George Washington University a year later.

Honors

• Commander, National Order for Merit (Romania)
• President of National Security Authority
• Head of the Romanian Negotiations Team with the NATO
• Conducted negotiations within UN, Council of Europe, OSCE, EU and Neighboring Treaties negotiations
• Member of the Permanent Inter-ministerial Committee for European Integration
• Monitor for ”acquis communautaire” on Common Foreign Security Policy
• President of the Inter-Departmental Commission for Romania’s accession to NATO
• National Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
• Member of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission
• Vice-chairman for the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Personal life

Mihnea Motoc was born on 11 November 1966 in Bucharest. He is fluent in English and French. He is married to Iulia Motoc with whom he has one son, Luca-Mihnea.

References

• Interview in Deutsche Welle