H.E. Ms. Brândușa Ioana Predescu

Education

German Highschool, Bucharest

University of Bucharest, Language and literature studies

Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

National Defence College, Bucharest;

Work Experience

1990 – 1992 – Member of the staff of the Office of the Prime Minister of Romania

1992 – 1993 – Assistant to the advisor for foreign affairs of the Prime Minister of Romania

1993 – Admission to the diplomatic corps of Romania

1993 – 1997 – Diplomat, OSCE, Council of Europe and NATO Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest

1997 – seconded diplomat within the Secretariat of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg

1997 – 1999 – Embassy of Romania in Vienna, Austria, political affairs and press; starting with 1998, deputy head of mission

1999 – 2000 – Permanent Representation of Romania to the OSCE, Vienna, Austria

2000 – Director, Council of Europe and Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest; member on behalf of Romania in the Steering Committee on Human Rights (CDDH), CoE

2001  – Secretary of State, Head of the National Agency for Child Protection and Adoption, Government of Romania, Bucharest

2002 – Director, USA and Canada Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest

2002 – 2006 – Deputy head of mission,  Embassy of Romania in Berlin, Germany

2006 – 2008 – Director, Department for OSCE, Council of Europe and Human Rights in the UN System, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest

2008 – 2012 - Consul General of Romania for Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg (in Munich, Germany)

2012 – 2013 - National Coordinator for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest

2013 –2015  - Spokesperson, Director General for Communication and Press Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest

June – December 2015 - Special Representative of the Romanian Chairmanship –in- Office of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization/BSEC, based in Istanbul, Turkey

2016 - Deputy director, Department for the Western Balkans and Regional Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bucharest

August 2016 – December 2020 - Ambassador of Romania to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Permanent Representative of Romania to the OPCW, The Hague

As of 1st of March 2021 – Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Bulgaria

Foreign languages: English, German, French, Dutch