Titus Corlățean

Titus Corlățean


Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 6 August 2012 – 10 November 2014
Prime Minister	Victor Ponta
Preceded by	Andrei Marga
Succeeded by	Teodor Meleșcanu
Minister of Justice
In office 7 May 2012 – 6 August 2012
Prime Minister	Victor Ponta
Preceded by	Cătălin Predoiu
Succeeded by	Victor Ponta (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1968-01-11) 11 January 1968 Medgidia, Romania
Political party	Social Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Bucharest National School of Administration, Strasbourg

Titus Corlățean (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtitus korləˈt͡se̯an]; born January 11, 1968) is a Romanian politician and diplomat, former Minister of Justice and of Foreign Affairs. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), part of the Party of European Socialists, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Brașov County in the 2004 elections. He became an appointed Member of the European Parliament on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to the European Union. He was elected to that body late in the same year, resigning in 2008 after being returned to the Chamber. In 2012, he was elected Senator for Bucharest.

Corlățean was born in Medgidia, and graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Law in 1994. He also earned a certificate from the International Institute of the École nationale d'administration in Paris (1995).

Between 1994 and 2001, Corlățean worked as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before joining Prime Minister Adrian Năstase's Chancellery in 2001-2003 (first as Adviser on Foreign Policy Issues, and, after 2003, as Secretary of State for the Romanian Diaspora). He has been a member of the PSD since 2002, serving as spokesperson for its Coordinating Committee after 2004.

In the Victor Ponta cabinet, Corlățean served as Justice Minister (May–August 2012) and as Foreign Minister (August 2012—November 2014).^[1] He resigned from the latter position following the first round of the 2014 presidential election, in which he was blamed for not setting up enough polling places for the Romanian diaspora.^[2]

Corlățean is married and the father of one daughter. In 2004, he was made a knight in the Order of the Star of Romania; in 2014, he became a Grand Cross in the Order pro merito Melitensi.^[3]

Notes

↑ (Romanian) Profile at the Romanian Government site; accessed November 29, 2012
↑ (Romanian) Cristian Fierbinţeanu, "Titus Corlăţean şi-a anunţat demisia", Mediafax, November 10, 2014; accessed November 10, 2014
↑ (Romanian) Profile at the Foreign Affairs Ministry page; accessed May 2, 2016

References

(Romanian) Profile at the Chamber of Deputies site

External links

Political offices
Preceded by Cătălin Predoiu	Minister of Justice 2012	Succeeded by Victor Ponta Acting
Preceded by Andrei Marga	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2012–2014	Succeeded by Teodor Meleșcanu

Foreign Ministers of Romania

United Principalities Principality of Romania	Arsache Cantacuzino I. G. Ghica Rosetti-Bălănescu Papadopol-Calimah I. Ghica Mavrogheni Știrbei Ș. Golescu Teriachiu Ș. Golescu N. Golescu D. Ghica Kogălniceanu* Calimachi-Catargiu A. Golescu Carp Calimachi-Catargiu Costa-Foru Boerescu Ion Bălăceanu Cornea Kogălniceanu Ionescu Câmpineanu* Kogălniceanu Câmpineanu Boerescu

Kingdom of Romania	Boerescu D. Brătianu Stătescu Sturdza Câmpineanu Ion C. Brătianu* Pherekyde Carp A. Lahovary Esarcu A. Lahovary Sturdza Stoicescu Aurelian* Sturdza Ioan Lahovary Marghiloman Sturdza Ion I. C. Brătianu Sturdza* Iacob Lahovary Ioan Lahovary Sturdza Ion I. C. Brătianu Djuvara Maiorescu Porumbaru Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu* Arion Coandă Ion I. C. Brătianu Văitoianu* Mişu Vaida-Voevod Zamfirescu Ionescu Derussi Duca Mitilineu Știrbey* Ion I. C. Brătianu Titulescu Mironescu Mihalache Argetoianu* D. Ghika Vaida-Voevod Titulescu Tătărescu* Titulescu V. Antonescu Micescu Tătărescu* Petrescu-Comnen Gafencu Gigurtu Argetoianu Manoilescu M. Sturdza I. Antonescu* M. Antonescu Niculescu-Buzești Vișoianu Tătărescu

Socialist Republic of Romania	Pauker Bughici Preoteasa Maurer Bunaciu Mănescu Macovescu Andrei Văduva Totu Stoian

Romania since 1989	Celac Năstase Meleșcanu Severin Pleșu Roman Geoană Ungureanu Popescu-Tăriceanu* Cioroianu Comănescu Diaconescu Predoiu* Baconschi Diaconescu Marga Corlățean Meleșcanu Aurescu Comănescu

* denotes interim

Ponta I Cabinet (7 May 2012 - 21 December 2012)

Prime Minister	Victor Ponta

Deputy Prime Minister	Florin Georgescu

Ministers	Florin Georgescu (Finance) Andrei Marga/Titus Corlățean (Foreign Affairs) Daniel Constantin (Agriculture) Daniel Chițoiu (Economy) Ioan Rus/Mircea Dușa (Administration and Interior) Corneliu Dobrițoiu (National Defense) Titus Corlățean/Victor Ponta/Mona Pivniceru (Justice) Mariana Câmpeanu (Labor) Ioan Mang/Liviu Pop/Ecaterina Andronescu (Education) Ovidiu Silaghi (Transport) Vasile Cepoi/Victor Ponta/Raed Arafat (Health) Eduard Hellvig (Regional Development and Tourism) Rovana Plumb (Environment) Mircea Diaconu/Puiu Hașotti (Culture) Dan Nica (Communications) Leonard Orban (European Affairs)

Ministers Delegate	Victor Paul Dobre/Radu Stroe (for Administration) Liviu Pop (for Social Dialog) Lucian Isar/Mihai Voicu (for the Business Environment) Mircea Dușa/Dan Șova (for Liaison with Parliament)

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