Personal data:

• Place and date of birth: February 11th, 1962, Urechești, Vrancea County;
• Marital status: married

Education:

• 2012 - "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Phd Humanities, Iași;
• 2012 - Romanian Diplomatic Institute, Course, Bucharest;
• 2012 - National Information Academy, Course, Bucharest;
• 2004 - National Defense College "Mihai Viteazul", Course, Bucharest;
• 1999 - Socrates Scholarship, English Language;
• 1995 - National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest - Political Science, Communication, International Relations;
• 1985 - Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Foreign Languages, Pedagogy, Galați.

Professional background:

• December 2020 - Present, Romanian Parliament - Senate, Senator
• Standing Committees and other functions:

- Commission for European Affairs - President (December, 2020 - October, 2022)

- Commission for investigating abuses, fighting corruption and petitions - Member (October 2022 - up to present)

- Committee for Culture and Media - Member (October 2022 - up to present)

• Delegations of the Romanian Parliament to international parliamentary organizations:
• - NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA):
• - Delegation of the Romanian Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly - President.
• Friendship groups with Parliaments of other states:

- Parliamentary Friendship Group with the Portuguese Republic - Vice President.

• December 2016 - December 2020, Parliament of Romania Chamber MEPs, Deputy
• Standing committees and other functions:

- Committee on European Affairs - President (until December, 2020)

- Group for Combating Human Trafficking in the Romanian Parliament - Coordinator (since 2014)

- Committee for Budget, Finance and Banks (from Sep. 2020)

- Commission for Education, Science, Youth and Sports (until Dec. 2018)

• Delegations of the Romanian Parliament to international parliamentary organizations:

- Delegation of the Romanian Parliament to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly – President of the Commission for the Civilian Dimension of Security (from 2020)

- Rapporteur of the Commission for the Civilian Dimension of Security (2019-2020)

- Member of the NATO Education and Information Working Group (2017-2019)

• Friendship groups with Parliaments of other states:

- Parliamentary Friendship Group with the Portuguese Republic – President

- Parliamentary Friendship Group with Ireland

- Parliamentary Friendship Group with the People's Republic of China

• The Joint Special Commission:

- The Joint Special Commission of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate for the elaboration, modification and completion of legislative proposals in electoral matters - Vice-President

• November 2012- December 2016, Chamber of Deputies, The Parliament of Romania, Deputy
• Standing Committees and other positions held:

- Committee for Culture, Arts and Means of Mass Communication (since June 2015)

- Committee on European Affairs (from September 2014) - Chairman (until December 2014)

- Committee for Education, Science, Youth and Sports - Chairman (December 2012 - September 2014)

- Committee on European Affairs - Member (until June 2014)

• Delegations of the Romanian Parliament to International Parliamentary Organizations:

- Delegation of the Romanian Parliament to NATO Parliamentary Assembly

• Friendship Parliamentary Groups :

- Friendship Parliamentary Group with Sultanate of Oman

- Friendship Parliamentary Group with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

- Friendship Parliamentary Group with the Republic of Iraq

• December 2014 - November 2015 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Minister in charge with the Relations with Romanian Diaspora

• 2008 - 2012 Chamber of Deputies, The Parliament of Romania, Deputy
• Standing Committees and other positions held:

- Committee for Defence, Public Order and National Security

- Committee for European Affairs – Secretary (since May 2011)

• Permanent Standing Committees:

- Committee on European Affairs (since March 2010)

• Investigation Committees:
  - Parliamentary Committee for the Investigation of the way the Ministry of Environment awarded the Contract on «Promotion Campaign of the Medium Sectorial Operational Programme, Batch II - Dissemination/Publication» on April 28, 2009, by negotiation without prior publication
• Delegations of the Romanian Parliament to International Parliamentary Organizations:
  - Delegation of the Romanian Parliament to the Western Europe Union Assembly
• Friendship Parliamentary Groups:
  - Friendship Parliamentary Group with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  - Friendship Parliamentary Group with the Republic of Ecuador
  - Friendship Parliamentary Group with the Kingdom of Morocco
• 2004-2008 The Parliament of Romania, Senate, Senator
• Standing Committees and other positions:
  - Committee for Education, Science, Youth and Sports - Secretary
  - Committee for Culture, Arts and Means of Mass Communication (February 2006 - February 2008)
  - Committee for Human Rights, Cults and Minorities (until February 2006)
• 1985-2004 - "Spiru Haret" Pedagogical High School, Focșani, English Language and Literature Teacher.