Cristian Diaconescu

Cristian Diaconescu
Diaconescu in 2009
Leader of the People's Movement Party
In office
7 March 2021 – 19 February 2022
Preceded byEmil-Marius Pașcan (Acting)
Succeeded byEugen Tomac
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
24 January 2012 – 7 May 2012
Prime MinisterEmil Boc
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Preceded byTeodor Baconschi
Succeeded byAndrei Marga
In office
22 December 2008 – 1 October 2009
Prime MinisterEmil Boc
Preceded byLazăr Comănescu
Succeeded byCătălin Predoiu (interim)
Member of the Senate of Romania
In office
15 December 2008 – 29 May 2012
ConstituencyBucharest
In office
13 December 2004 – 14 December 2008
ConstituencyConstanța County
Minister of Justice
In office
10 March 2004 – 28 December 2004
Prime MinisterAdrian Năstase
Preceded byRodica Stănoiu
Succeeded byMonica Macovei
State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
28 December 2000 – January 2004
Prime MinisterAdrian Năstase
MinisterMircea Geoană
Personal details
Born (1959-07-02) 2 July 1959 (age 65)
Bucharest, Romania
Political partyIndependent (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Romanian Communist Party (until 1989)
Social Democratic Party (2002–2010)
National Union for the Progress of Romania
(2010–2012)
People's Movement Party (2014; 2020–2022)
SpouseMariana Diaconescu[1][2]
ChildrenMariana[1][2]
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
OccupationJudge, Diplomat, Politician
ProfessionJurist

Cristian Diaconescu (Romanian pronunciation: [kristiˈan di.akoˈnesku]; born 2 July 1959) is a Romanian jurist and politician. He previously belonged to the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD), as well as to the People's Movement Party (PMP), which he led from 2021 to 2022. He sat in the Romanian Senate from 2004 to 2012, representing Constanța County from 2004 until 2008, and subsequently Bucharest. In the Adrian Năstase cabinet, he was Minister of Justice from March to December 2004; in the Emil Boc cabinet, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs between 2008 and 2009. He returned to the position in 2012, also under Boc, and continued in this capacity under Boc's successor, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu.

  1. ^ a b (in Romanian) Profile at the Romanian Government site Archived 17 January 2014 at archive.today. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  2. ^ a b (in Romanian) "Cristian Diaconescu, judecător pe uliță" ("Cristian Diaconescu, Judge on the Road"), Evenimentul Zilei, 15 February 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2009.