Bogdan Aurescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bogdan Aurescu

Romanian diplomat and politician

Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1973

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat, university teacher

Nationality: Romania

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bogdan Lucian Aurescu (born 9 September 1973) is a Romanian diplomat, currently Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Orban Cabinet (since 4 November 2019).
He was Presidential Advisor for Foreign Policy to the President of Romania from May 2016 to November 2019 and Foreign Affairs Minister from November 2014 to November 2015.
Previously, he held the position of Secretary of State in the Romanian MFA – Secretary of State for Strategic Affairs (2009–2010, 2012–2014), Secretary of State for European Affairs (2004–2005, 2010–2012) and Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2012). Between 2004 and 2009, Aurescu was his country's chief counsel (Agent of Romania) in the Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea case, a boundary dispute with Ukraine that Romania brought before the International Court of Justice.Between 2010 and 2011, he was the head of the Romanian delegation for the negotiations on the Romanian-American Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, and of the Joint Declaration on the Strategic Partnership for the 21st Century between Romania and USA.
In November 2016, he was elected by the UN General Assembly as member of the UN International Law Commission for a five years’ mandate (2017–2021). He is also Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, having started his teaching activity in 1998.