Mircea Geoană
Mircea Geoană | |
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Geoană in 2024 | |
| Deputy Secretary General of NATO | |
| In office 17 July 2019 – 3 September 2024 | |
| Secretary General | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Preceded by | Rose Gottemoeller |
| Succeeded by | Radmila Šekerinska |
| Senator of Romania | |
| In office 13 December 2004 – 19 December 2016 | |
| President of the Senate of Romania | |
| In office 19 December 2008 – 23 November 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Ilie Sârbu |
| Succeeded by | Petru Filip (acting) |
| President of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 2005–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Adrian Năstase |
| Succeeded by | Victor Ponta |
| Co-president of the Alliance PSD+PC | |
| In office 2008–2010 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 28 December 2000 – 28 December 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Adrian Năstase Eugen Bejinariu |
| Preceded by | Petre Roman |
| Succeeded by | Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu |
| Ambassador of Romania to the United States | |
| In office 6 February 1996 – 27 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Mihai Botez |
| Succeeded by | Sorin Dumitru Ducaru |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dan Mircea Geoană 14 July 1958 Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Political party | Independent (2011–2012; 2014–2015, 2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Romanian Social Party (2015–2018) Social Democratic Party (2001–2011; 2012–2014) Party of Social Democracy in Romania (2000–2001) |
| Spouse | Mihaela Geoană |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Polytechnic University of Bucharest École nationale d'administration University of Bucharest Harvard University Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies |
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Dan Mircea Geoană (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdan ˈmirt͡ʃe̯a d͡ʒe̯oˈanə]; born 14 July 1958) is a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the deputy secretary general of NATO between 2019 and 2024. He previously served as president of the Senate of Romania from December 2008 until he was revoked in November 2011. From April 2005 until February 2010, he was the head of the Social Democratic Party (PSD, Romanian: Partidul Social Democrat).
Geoană was the candidate of the party for the position of President of Romania in the 2009 presidential election which he narrowly lost to Traian Băsescu. He was dismissed from PSD on 22 November 2011 but rejoined the party in late 2012. From 2015 to 2018, he was the founder and leader of the Romanian Social Party. Additionally, he was also the president of Aspen Institute Romania, which is an apolitical and non-profit organisation.
On 17 July 2019, he was appointed deputy secretary general of NATO, replacing Rose Gottemoeller and assisted Jens Stoltenberg as No. 2 and Chairman of NATO's Innovation Committee, during a mandate marked in particular by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
He resigned 3 September 2024 to run for President of Romania in the election later that year, where he finished in sixth place.