Brigadier General
Constantin SPÎNU
SPOKESPERSON OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENCE
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Since 1 November 2023, Brigadier General Constantin Spinu is serving as military advisor for the Minister of National Defense and Director for Romanian MoD Strategic Communications.
His previous assignments include the position oh head of the Information and Public Affairs Directorate (IPAD) of the Romanian Ministry of Defense (August 2016 - November 2023) and of Spokesperson for the MoD (2006-2016).
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BG Spinu graduated as valedictorian the Air Force Academy in 1993, as an air defense specialist and has an extensive experience of more than 23 years in military journalism and public affairs.
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His most significant education experiences include a bachelor's degree in political science from "Dimitrie Cantemir" University in Bucharest, in 2003, a graduation diploma of the US Defense Information School in 2005 and he is also a NATO Defense College graduate since 2016. Starting with 2019, he is a PhD candidate in Strategic Communications, at National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest.
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As for deployments abroad, he has completed a six-month tour as a military journalist in Bosnia with the SFOR, from Sept. 2002 to Feb. 2003 and a one-year deployment as media operations officer with the US CENTCOM, from April 2007 to April 2008.
