Adrian Cioroianu

Who is Adrian Cioroianu?

Adrian Mihai Cioroianu is a Romanian historian, politician, journalist, and essayist. A lecturer for the History Department at the University of Bucharest, he is the author of several books dealing with Romanian history. He is also noted for his contribution as co-author of a high school textbook.

A member of the Group for Social Dialogue, he joined the National Liberal Party and was elected to the Romanian Senate for Timiş County in 2004. Following the accession of Romania to the European Union, he served as a Member of the European Parliament in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and a vice president of the ALDE group in the European Parliament. On April 5, 2007, Cioroianu became Foreign Affairs Minister in the second Călin Popescu Tăriceanu cabinet. On April 11, 2008 he announced his resignation, following a scandal involving the death of a Romanian citizen on hunger strike in Poland.

A contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines, he has been a member of the editorial staff for Dilema Veche since 1998, and an editor for Gazeta Sporturilor since 2003. Between 2000 and 2004, Cioroianu has hosted several talk shows on television.