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Mircea Geoană

Mircea Geoană

Dan Mircea Geoană (born 1958) is a Romanian diplomat and independent politician, formerly Foreign Minister, President of the Senate and leader of the Social Democratic Party, and NATO Deputy Secretary General from 2019 to 2024.

Born
1958 (68 years), Bucharest
Education
Politehnica University of Bucharest, École nationale d'administration
Website
mirceageoana.ro
Political position

Centre-left · Where sources place the party
Wikipedia: centre-left (Social Democratic Party, his former party)
Ideology: social democracy

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He finished sixth in the 2024 presidential election's first round. He is named among the possible contenders for Prime Minister of Romania.

Career

Geoană studied mechanics and law in Bucharest, graduated from the École nationale d'administration in Paris in 1992 and took a doctorate in world economy in 2005. He was Romania's ambassador to the United States from 1996 to 2000, Foreign Minister from 2000 to 2004, president of the Social Democratic Party from 2005 to 2010 and President of the Senate from 2008 to 2011. He was NATO Deputy Secretary General from 2019 to 2024. Running as an independent in the 2024 presidential election, he took 6.32% of first-round votes and placed sixth.

Offices held
  1. Deputy Secretary-General of NATO 2019–2024
  2. Member of the Senate of Romania 2004–2016
  3. President of the Senate of Romania 2008–2011
  4. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania 2000–2004
  5. Romania's ambassador to the USA 1996–2000

Source: Wikidata

Positions

He was a member of the Social Democratic Party in 2001-2011 and 2012-2014 and of the Romanian Social Party in 2015-2018, and is now independent. Wikipedia records his career as a foreign-policy and Atlanticist figure.

Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia

Photo: European Union, European Parliament, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)

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Prime Minister of Romania?

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Luca Niculescu5565%
Sorin GrindeanuCentre-left5211%
Alexandru Nazare4610%
Eugen TomacCentre-right452%
George SimionFar right402%
Ilie BolojanCentre-right572%
Alexandru RogobeteCentre-left352%
Dan MotreanuCentre-right562%
Șerban Matei1%
Leonardo BadeaCentre-left511%
Victor Ponta541%
Mircea GeoanăCentre-left68<1%

All 38 outcomes

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