Cristian Preda
| Cristian Preda | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Romania | |
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Assumed office 14 July 2009 |
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26 October 1966 Bucharest, Romania |
| Political party |
 Romanian:Independent  EU:European People's Party |
| Alma mater |
University of Bucharest Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne École des hautes études en sciences sociales |
| Profession | Political scientist |
Cristian Dan Preda (born October 26, 1966) is a Romanian professor and politician.
He is professor of political science at the University of Bucharest and since 2009 a Member of the European Parliament.
Cristian Preda was born in Bucharest, Romania. He graduated with a BA in Philosophy at Bucharest University in 1991 and in the same year, he obtained his MA (D.E.A.) in History of Philosophy at Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University, with notation "very good".
He continued his graduate studies with master, doctoral and postdoctoral studies funded by French Government, Erasmus Programme, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and New Europe College. In 1998 he obtained a Ph.D. in Political Science from the EHESS, Paris with "summa cum laude, with the felicitations of the jury in unanimity".
From 1992, he teaches at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest. He is a full tenure professor and dean on the Faculty. From 2005, he is also a doctoral supervisor in Political Sciences.
Between March 1999 and December 2000, Cristian Preda was the presidential adviser for domestic policies of the Romanian President Emil Constantinescu.
In October 2001 Cristian Preda became a project manager of the branches of the Central and Eastern Europe Office of the Francophony University Agency (Agence universitaire pour la Francophonie). From 2002, he is a member of regional commission of experts for this organisation.
On September 21, 2005 he was assigned junior ministry for Francophonie in the Romanian Foreign Ministry and personal representative of the Romanian President Traian Băsescu. In this quality, he took an important part in preparation of the Francophonie Summit in Bucharest, in September 2006.
On March 15, 2007 Cristian Preda became presidential adviser for education and research and continued to be the personal representative for Francophonie for President Traian Băsescu.
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