Teodor Baconschi
| Teodor Baconschi | |
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Baconschi in 2011
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania | |
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In office December 23, 2009 – January 23, 2012 |
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| President | Traian Băsescu |
| Preceded by | Cătălin Predoiu |
| Succeeded by | Cristian Diaconescu |
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February 14, 1963 Bucharest, Romania |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Teodor Baconschi (Romanian pronunciation: [te.oˈdor baˈkonski], also spelled Teodor Baconsky or Baconski) (born 14 February 1963), is a Romanian politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania between December 2009 and January 2012.
Baconschi was born in Bucharest to the poet Anatol E. Baconsky and his wife Clara. He graduated from the Theological Institute of the University of Bucharest in 1985, received a Diplôme d'études approfondies (Master of Advanced Studies) at the Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne in 1991 and a PhD in Religious Anthropology and Compared History of Religions from the same university in 1994. He continued with his post-doctoral studies as a Fellow of the New Europe College of Bucharest until 1996. He also lectured on Religious Anthropology at the Department of Philosophy of University of Bucharest. Baconschi was Director of Anastasia Publishers in Bucharest and editor-in-chief of the Spiritual Life on Romanian National Public Television. He also worked as an advisor with the Ministry of Culture and editor with the Biblical and Mission Institute’s Publishing Office of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Baconschi has served as the Romanian Ambassador to the Vatican, to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and to the Republic of San Marino in 1999-2001, to Portugal in 2002-2004, Ambassador to France, Monaco and Andorra from September 2007 to December 2009. From October 2006 until August 2007, he served as the Presidential Advisor on political affairs with the Presidential Administration. Baconschi held offices of the Director General in 2001 and State Secretary for Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania from January 2005 to September 2006. On December 23, 2009, he was appointed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania. As the Foreign Minister, Baconschi has been a proponent of closer ties with the United States and further integration into NATO. Domestically, he has been criticized by the Roma community for his remarks allegedly relating Roma ethnicity to criminal elements.
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