Mihnea Motoc

Mihnea Ioan Motoc (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈmihne̯a iˈo̯an moˈtok]) is a Romanian diplomat who has served as Minister of Defence since November 2015. Before this appointment, he was the country's ambassador to the UK.

Motoc has been a Romanian diplomat since the early 1990s, when he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. For most of the 1990s Motoc spent time in various Romanian government posts. He joined the United Nations in 2003, where he spent five years working as the Permanent Representative of Romania. In 2008 he left the UN to become the Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union.

Motoc studied law at the University of Bucharest from 1984 until 1989. Following this he went on to achieve a Certificate of post-graduate studies in Private International Law from the University of Nice in 1991 and a Master's Degree in Public International and Comparative Law from George Washington University a year later.

• Commander, National Order for Merit (Romania)
• President of National Security Authority
• Head of the Romanian Negotiations Team with the NATO
• Conducted negotiations within UN, Council of Europe, OSCE, EU and Neighboring Treaties negotiations
• Member of the Permanent Inter-ministerial Committee for European Integration
• Monitor for ”acquis communautaire” on Common Foreign Security Policy
• President of the Inter-Departmental Commission for Romania’s accession to NATO
• National Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
• Member of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission
• Vice-chairman for the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Mihnea Motoc was born on 11 November 1966 in Bucharest. He is fluent in English and French. He is married to Iulia Motoc with whom he has one son, Luca-Mihnea.