Mihnea Motoc

H.E. Ambasador Mihnea Motoc
Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union
Incumbent
Assumed office April 5, 2008
President	Traian Băsescu
Preceded by	Lazar Comanescu
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
Ambasador of Romania in the Netherlands
In office 1999–2001
President	Ion Iliescu
Ministry of National Defense of Romania
In office November 17, 2015 – Present
President	Klaus Iohannis
Preceded by	Mircea Dușa
Personal details
Born	(1966-11-11) November 11, 1966 Bucharest, Romania
Spouse(s)	Iulia Motoc
Children	Luca-Mihnea Motoc

Mihnea Motoc (born 11 November 1966, in Bucharest) is the Deputy Head, European political Strategy Centre, European Commission. He was the Ministry of National Defense of Romania from 2015-2017.

Career

Motoc has been a Romanian diplomat since 1990. Since then most of the time he spent in post around the world. In 2003, he joined the United Nations as a permanent representative of Romania. In 2008 he went to Brussels to be a permanent representative of Romania to the European Union.

In 2013 he has been awarded the "Nicolae Titulescu" prize at "Gala Premiilor Marii Loji Naţionale din Romania" for his diplomatic activity.

Personal life

He is married to Constitutional Court of Romania judge Iulia Motoc and they have one child.

Sources

• Romanian representation to the EU site

Other websites

• Romanian representation to the EU site
• Appearances on C-SPAN