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Member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development

July 2009 - January 2010: Head of the Presidential Commission on Agricultural Development Public Policy of Romania
2007 - 2008: Agriculture and Rural Development Minister
2007: Undersecretary of State for European Affairs with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

2005 – 2007: Adviser to Romania's Agriculture Minister and Spokesman of Romania in the Special Committee on Agriculture of the EU Council
2002 – 2003: Task Manager SAPARD, Delegation of the European Commission to Romania
1999 – 2001: Coordinator of bilateral cooperation projects for the local agricultural development in Romania
1998 -1999: Manager of the Rural Local Development Project in the County of Arges, Romania
March -July 1997: Stagiaire, DG Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission
1995: Consultant for Socio-Economic Analysis for Agricultural and Rural Development Project in the County of Arges, Romania

Since 2000: Member of the "Groupe de Bruges": Independent think tank on European Agriculture and Rural Development
Since 1995: Founding Member of the Professional Association "Agroecologia"
1995: Students Union Representative in the Senate of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
2008: Publication "A Competitive European Agriculture Designed for the Citizens – Romanian Perspective"
2004: Publication "Les déterminants de l’institutionnalisation des organisations professionnelles agricoles en Roumanie"

October 2005: Certificate in Agricultural Trade Course, World Bank Institute and the University of Rome 3
1997: DEA - Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies - in Agricultural Development Economics, École nationale supérieure agronomique and University of Montpellier 1
1996: Certificat d’Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées in Environmental Agronomy, École nationale supérieure agronomique de Rennes
1994: University Degree in Horticultural Engineering, Horticulture Faculty of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca,
1987: Baccalaureate, Agro-Industrial High school, Simleu Silvanei