General data
Born on July 13, 1969
Place of birth: Ocnița, Moldavian SSR, USSR

Studies
< br>1992 Graduated from the Faculty of History and Law, Chisinau State Pedagogical University
1993 Master's Program in International Relations, European Institute of Nice
1998 Program of Doctorate in Political Sciences, Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Professional experience

1993 - 1994 First Secretary, Political Department of the MFA of the Republic of Moldova

1994 - 1995 Head of Romania Section, Western Europe and North America Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

1995 - 1998 Coordinator of program at the Soros Foundation Moldova, lecturer at the Academy of Public Administration of the Government of the Republic of Moldova

1998 - 1999 Head of the Department of Information and Political Analysis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova

1999 - 2005 Vice Chancellor for International Cooperation of the Free University of Moldova

2005 - 2010 Deputy in the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova (2005 - 2006 Deputy in the Permanent Bureau of the Parliament; 2007 - 2009 Vice President of the parliamentary faction of the Democratic Party of Moldova)

2010 - 2015 Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to France

2015 – 2022 Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to Germany

from 03.01. 2022 Director of the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic Moldova

Main works

• Geopolitics of the Pontic space (Geopolitics of the Black Sea Region, Cluj, 1998, Dacia Publishing House, 1998; French edition – Perpignan, Artege Publishing House, 2010 )
• Politosphere (Politosphere, Chisinau, Editura Cartier, 2001)
• Politics and geopolitics (Politics and geopolitica, Chisinau, Cartier Publishing House, 2004)
• Dictionary of geopolitics (Dictionary of geopolitics, Iasi, Casa de Publihing Polirom, 2006)
• About geopolitics, Chisinau, Cartier Publishing House, 2009)
• Song of the sea , roman, Chisinau, Editura Cartier, 2011)
• Russia at the Crossroads (Russia at the Crossroads de drumuri, 2014; French Edition – Paris, Harmattan Publishing House, 2016)• Woldemar (novel; Chisinau, Editura Cartier, 2018)
• Pe Contrasens (In the wrong line, novel, Chisinau, Editura Cartier, 2021)

Decorations

- Officer of National Order of the Star of Romania (2000)

- Prize of the Writers' Union of Moldova (for the novel "Cântecul mării"; 2012)

- High Officer of the National Order of Merit of France (2015)

- Prize of the Writers' Union of Moldova (for the novel "Woldemar"; 2019)

- Knight of the "Glory of Labor" State Order of the Republic of Moldova (2020)

Linguistic skills

1. Romanian (Mother tongue)

2. Russian (C 2.2)

3. French (C 2.1)

4. English (C 1.2)

5. German (C 1.1)

6. Italian (C 1.1)