Dr Cosmin Boiangiu

Ambassador Cosmin Boiangiu is the Executive Director of the European Labour Authority. He is a career diplomat who joined the Romanian Foreign Affairs ministry in 1996, with expertise in EU affairs and multilateral diplomacy, security and strategic policies, development, NATO and United Nations. Between April 2016 – December 2020, ambassador Boiangiu served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union and Representative to the Committee of Permanent Representatives I (COREPER I). He presided COREPER I during Romania’s presidency of the Council of the European Union (2019) and coordinated on Council’s behalf the negotiations for the conclusion and adoption of an unprecedented 48 EU’s legislative acts.

In 2012 - 2016 Cosmin Boiangiu was Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Slovenia. From 2008 to 2012, Cosmin Boiangiu served as Director of United Nations, Specialized Institutions and Francophone Affairs within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2008 he was Spokesperson and Director for Information and Press of the Romanian Foreign Ministry. Previously he represented Romania at the United Nations - Security Council (Minister Counsellor, New York, 2003-2007) and NATO (Counsellor, Brussels, 1999-2003). A former advisor to the Foreign Minister (1999), he worked as a diplomat in the MFA at the Department of Political Affairs (2007 -2008), Division of Policy Planning (2003) and Division of Strategic Issues / NATO (1996 -1999). .

Cosmin Boiangiu represented Romania in the Contact Group for the former Yugoslavia in New York format (“Coordination and Drafting Group”) and the Group of Friends for Georgia . In 2002, he exercised the Chairmanship-in-Office of SEEGROUP (“South East Europe Security Cooperation Steering Group”), a structure of international cooperation within NATO’s Initiative for South-eastern Europe. He is a Knight of the National Order of Faithful Service (2019) for distinguished contribution to the success of Romania’s Presidency of the EU Council. He was also awarded by the President of Romania with the medal “Diplomatic Merit”, 1 st class (2007) and Diploma of Merit for contribution to Romania’s accession to NATO (2002). .

Cosmin Boiangiu is university licenced in International Economic Relations (Bucharest University of Economic Sciences , 1996), has a Master in Public Management (Bucharest University of Economic Sciences, 2006) and a PhD in Economics of climate change (Bucharest University of Economic Sciences , 2019). He holds the diplomatic rank of ambassador. He is fluent in English and French, and has basic knowledge of German. Born March 24t h , 1970, is married with Marilena Boiangiu and has three children , Iason (20 years), Ieronim (14 years) and Anastasia (5 years).

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