Europaudvalget 2011-12, Udvalget for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri 2011-12, Miljøudvalget 2011-12
EUU Alm.del Bilag 58, FLF Alm.del Bilag 30, MIU Alm.del Bilag 41
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Personal details
RomanianBorn 27 July 1969 in Zalau, RomaniaMarried
Current duties
Member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development
Political career
July 2009 - January 2010: Head of the Presidential Commission on AgriculturalDevelopment Public Policy of Romania2007 - 2008: Agriculture and Rural Development Minister2007: Undersecretary of State for European Affairs with the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development
Professional Career
2005 – 2007: Adviser to Romania's Agriculture Minister and Spokesman of Romania in theSpecial Committee on Agriculture of the EU Council2002 – 2003: Task Manager SAPARD, Delegation of the European Commission toRomania1999 – 2001: Coordinator of bilateral cooperation projects for the local agriculturaldevelopment in Romania1998 -1999: Manager of the Rural Local Development Project in the County of Arges,RomaniaMarch -July 1997: Stagiaire, DG Agriculture and Rural Development of the EuropeanCommission1995: Consultant for Socio-Economic Analysis for Agricultural and Rural DevelopmentProject in the County of Arges, Romania
Other activities
Since 2000: Member of the "Groupe de Bruges": Independent think tank on EuropeanAgriculture and Rural DevelopmentSince 1995: Founding Member of the Professional Association "Agroecologia"1995: Students Union Representative in the Senate of the University of AgriculturalSciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca2008: Publication "A Competitive European Agriculture Designed for the Citizens –Romanian Perspective"2004: Publication "Les déterminants de l’institutionnalisation des organisationsprofessionnelles agricoles en Roumanie"
Education
October 2005: Certificate in Agricultural Trade Course, World Bank Institute and theUniversity of Rome 31997: DEA - Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies - in Agricultural Development Economics,École nationale supérieure agronomique and University of Montpellier 11996: Certificat d’Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées in Environmental Agronomy, Écolenationale supérieure agronomique de Rennes1994: University Degree in Horticultural Engineering, Horticulture Faculty of the Universityof Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca,1987: Baccalaureate, Agro-Industrial High school, Simleu Silvanei
Languages
Romanian: mother tongueFrench: fluentEnglish: good