Andrei Marga

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Andrei Marga (born May 22, 1946 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian philosopher , political scientist , politician and university professor . Marga was rector of the Babes Bolyai University in Cluj (1993-2004), education minister (1997-2000) and in 2012 briefly foreign minister of Romania in the first cabinet in Ponta .

Career

Andrei Marga studied philosophy at the Babes Bolyai University in Cluj. As a student he was a member of the Romanian Communist Party . In 1975 he received a DAAD scholarship and did research at the Universities of Freiburg , Bielefeld and Frankfurt am Main for his doctorate in philosophy. Between 1984 and 1990 he enjoyed several study trips to the universities in Erlangen , Münster and Frankfurt am Main.

scientist

Andrei Marga is the author of several books in the fields of contemporary philosophy , political philosophy , philosophy of religion , history of philosophy . His most important works deal with the works of Marcuse and Habermas , both representatives of the Frankfurt School . From 1993 to 2004 and between 2008 and 2012 he headed the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.

Politician

From 1997 to 2000 Marga was Minister of Education in the Ciorbea , Vasile and Isărescu cabinets of the National Christian Democratic Peasant Party ( Romanian Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat PNȚCD ). After the PNȚCD's electoral defeat in 2000, he was temporarily chairman of the PNȚCD, but then switched to the National Liberal Party ( Romanian Partidul Național Liberal ).

From May 7 to August 6, 2012, Marga was Foreign Minister of Romania in the first Ponta cabinet . He was then appointed head of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR) , but resigned from the office in June 2013.

Awards

Web links

  • www.mae.ro , Andrei Marga, biography (English; PDF, 174 kB)

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  1. ↑ www.napocanews.ro ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Exclusive Documents: Andrei Marga de la activist ASC plătit de PCR la ministru liberal în Guvernul Ponta (Romanian)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.napocanews.ro
  2. ↑ www.daad.de , Andrei Marga
  3. ↑ archive.unu.edu , Speaker and Presenter Biographies
  4. ^ Ponta reshapes Romania's government , faz.net, August 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Andrei Marga received Federal Order of Merit
  6. ↑ www.observatorcultural.ro , Premiile Herder 2005
  7. ↑ www.basilica.ro ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Basilica, March 15, 2011 - "Distincții oferite de Preafericitul Părinte Patriarh Daniel la Cluj"  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.basilica.ro
personal data
SURNAME Marga, Andrei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Bucharest