Mihnea Motoc

H.E. Ambassador Mihnea Motoc
Mihnea Motoc (March 2011)
Minister of National Defence
In office 17 November 2015 – 3 January 2017
President	Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister	Dacian Cioloș
Preceded by	Mircea Dușa
Romanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
In office 11 September 2015 – 17 November 2015
President	Klaus Iohannis
Prime Minister	Victor Ponta
Preceded by	Ion Jinga
Succeeded by	Dan Mihalache
Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union
In office April 5, 2008 – 2 August 2015
President	Traian Băsescu
Prime Minister	Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Emil Boc Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu Victor Ponta
Preceded by	Lazar Comanescu
Succeeded by	Luminita Teodora Odobescu
Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations
In office 2003 – April 1, 2008
President	Ion Iliescu
Succeeded by	Simona Miculescu
State Secretary of Integrity
In office 2001–2003
President	Ion Iliescu
Ambassador of Romania in the Netherlands
In office 1999–2001
President	Ion Iliescu
Personal details
Born	(1966-11-11) November 11, 1966 (age 58) Bucharest, Romania
Spouse	Iulia Motoc
Children	Luca-Mihnea Motoc

Mihnea Ioan Motoc (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmihne̯a iˈo̯an moˈtok]) is a Romanian diplomat who served as Minister of Defence of Romania between November 2015 and January 2017, in the Cioloș Cabinet. Before this appointment, he was the country's ambassador to the European Union between 2008 and 2015, and briefly the country's ambassador to the United Kingdom. He is currently the Principal Adviser in the European Commission's Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action (IDEA) department.