Teodor Baconschi
Romanian politician and diplomat
Teodor Baconschi (Romanian pronunciation: [te.oˈdor baˈkonski]; also spelled 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.
Early years
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 the 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.
Diplomatic and political career
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, 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 during the presidency of Traian Băsescu.
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