Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania)

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Romanian : Ministerul Afacerilor Externe (MAE) , is one of the ministries that are part of the Romanian government.

Old Romanian Foreign Ministry until 1946, former Sturdza Palace

It was founded on July 20, 1862 under the name of "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" ("Ministerul Afacerilor Străine", MAS) under the direction of Apostol Arsache . This name of the ministry was retained until the People's Republic of Romania was renamed the Socialist Republic of Romania (August 21, 1965). At that time the institution was given the name that is still valid today.

Bogdan Aurescu, Acting Foreign Minister

The acting Foreign Minister has been Bogdan Aurescu ( non-party ) in the Ludovic Orban cabinet , PNL , since November 4, 2019 .

Competencies

The following departments are subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

National Agency for Export Control ANCEX (Agenția Națională de Control al Exporturilor)
Fulbright Commission (Comisia Fulbright)
Romanian Diplomatic Institute (Institutul Diplomatic Român)
Center " Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi " for Romanians from everywhere (Centrul "Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi" pentru românii de pretudindeni)
Editing of publications for foreign countries (Redacția Publicațiilor pentru Străinătate)
Secretariat of the Association for International Law and International Relations (Financing) (Secretariatul Asociației de Drept Internațional și Relații Internaționale finanțare)
Secretariat of the International Association for Southeast European Studies (Funding) (Secretariatul Asociației Internaționale de Studii Sud-Est Europene -finanțare)
Secretariat of the House for South America (Funding) (Secretariatul Casei Americii Latine - finanțare)

organization

The management level in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is as follows (as of May 2017):

Ramona Mănescu, Foreign Minister (since July 24, 2019)
Dan Stoenescu , Minister of State for Relations with Romanians from Everywhere (since November 17, 2015)
Ana Birchall , Commissioner for European Affairs (since January 4, 2017)
George Ciamba , State Secretary (since January 6, 2017)
Monica Dorina Gheorghiţă , State Secretary (since January 18, 2017)
Bogdan Mănoiu , State Secretary (since February 3, 2017)
Alexandru Victor Micula , State Secretary (since February 22, 2017)
Cosmin-George Dinescu General Secretary (since July 11, 2016)
Răzvan Horaţiu Radu , Plenipotentiary at the European Court of Human Rights and Under-Secretary of State (since December 19, 2013)

Foreign Minister of Romania

In the Kingdom of Romania 1862–1947

In this historically short period of 85 years, 88 foreign ministers were appointed or elected. They mostly played a subordinate role. Therefore they are not listed here individually. They can be found on the page of the main article List of Foreign Ministers of Romania .