Simona-Mirela Miculescu (born 4 July 1959) is a Romanian diplomat, currently serving as Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,[1] and President of the 42nd session of the General Conference of UNESCO.[2] Prior to this she was Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade,[3] and before that, the Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations in New York.[4] She also served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Romania, and is the first woman in Romania's diplomatic history to be granted the rank of Ambassador.

Simona-Mirela Miculescu
Simona-Mirela Miculescu
Miculescu in 2010
Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO
Assumed office
19 January 2021
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Preceded byAdrian Mihai Cioroianu
Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Office in Belgrade
In office
20 July 2015 – 30 November 2020
Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations
In office
June 5, 2008 – July 19, 2015
PresidentTraian Basescu, Klaus Iohannis
Preceded byMihnea Motoc
Succeeded byIon Jinga
Vice-President of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court
In office
2010–2011
Appointed byAssembly of States Parties
Preceded byZachary Muburi-Muita
Succeeded byKen Kanda
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Romania
In office
2000–2004
PresidentIon Iliescu
Preceded byZoe Petre
Succeeded byAnca Ilinoiu
Personal details
Born (1959-07-04) July 4, 1959 (age 65)
Satu Mare, Romanian People's Republic
SpouseOvidiu Miculescu (1986–present)
Children2
Alma materBabeș-Bolyai University
AwardsOrder of the Star of Romania, Knight rank
Order of Rio Branco, Commander rank
Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity, Grand Official rank

Education

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Born in Satu Mare, Miculescu graduated from Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca with a BA in French and English Literature and Language in 1982. She took a Public Relations Professional Certificate at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (1997). She has a Ph.D. magna cum laudae in French Literature (Babeș-Bolyai University, 1999). Other professional training includes a Diplomatic Course at the Institute of International Relations at The University of Leeds, UK, and a Senior Executive Seminar at the George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (2002).

Career

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Previously, Miculescu was the Director of the Department for Communication and Public Diplomacy within the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During her diplomatic career, she served twice as Spokesperson for the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, twice as Senior Media Advisor to the Minister (in 1993 and 1999), Director of the Press Department within the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994), Press Secretary of the Romanian Embassy in Washington, D.C. (1994–1998), and as Senior Public Information Officer at the Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Kosovo (1999–2000).

Between 2000 and 2004, she served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of Romania (during President Ion Iliescu's second term), becoming the first woman in Romania's diplomatic history to be granted the rank of Ambassador.

Between 2006 and 2007, as part of BearingPoint, she acted as Senior Advisor for Public Outreach to the Government of Iraq in Baghdad.

Academic background

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She has been a professor of International Public Relations at two Romanian universities, and has published of several books and tens of articles. In Romania, she is known as an expert in the area of management of International Public Relations and developed the first curriculum on this topic, which is now used in several Romanian universities.[citation needed]

Affiliations

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  • Founding member (1995–present) and president of the Romanian Public Relations Association (in Romanian) (2003–2005)
  • Founding member of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management (2000–present)
  • Founding member of Casa NATO, Bucharest (2002–present)
  • Founding member of UNRocks band (2012-present)
  • Member of the "George C. Marshall Association of Romania" (2002–present)
  • Honorary member of the English Speaking Union – Romania (2003–present)
  • Founding member and board member of the "Friends of the Minovici Museums Association" (2005–present)
  • Member of the International Association of Permanent Representatives to the UN (2008–present)
  • Member of the Washington Women Diplomat Association, Washington, D.C. (1995–1999)
  • Member of the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. (1995–1999)
  • Member of the Public Relations Society of America (1996–2008)
  • Member of the International Public Relations Association (2004–2008)

Honors and mentions

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References

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  1. ^ "Permanent Delegate of Romania to UNESCO (January 2021)". www.unesco.org (Press release). 19 January 2021.
  2. ^ https://www.unesco.org/en/general-conference/42/president
  3. ^ "Simona-Mirela Miculescu". www.unmikonline.org.
  4. ^ "New Permanent Representative of Romania Presents Credentials". www.un.org (Press release). 6 June 2008.