Nineta Barbulescu
Nineta Bărbulescu[1] (born 23 February 1968) is a Romanian career diplomat, and current ambassador of Romania to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Independent State of Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati Tuvalu and Nauru.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Nineta Bărbulescu | |
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Romania Ambassador to Australia | |
Assumed office October 2013 | |
President | Traian Basescu |
(Non-Resident) Romania Ambassador to New Zealand | |
Assumed office April 2015 | |
President | Klaus Iohannis |
(Non-Resident) Romania Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Independent State of Samoa, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu & Nauru | |
Director General for Export Controls Department (MFA) | |
In office 13 January 2013 – 18 October 2013 | |
Director of OSCE Asymmetrical Risks and Non-Proliferation Directorate (MFA) | |
In office 2007–2013 | |
(cumulative) Director for Council of Europe and Human Rights (MFA) | |
In office 2010–2012 | |
Director of OSCE Asymmetrical Risks and Non-Proliferation Directorate (MFA) | |
In office 2005–2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nineta Dragomir 23 February 1968 Galati, Romania |
Political party | None |
Spouse(s) | Dan Bărbulescu ( m. 1992) |
Children | 4 |
Residence | Canberra, Australia |
Alma mater | Bucharest University |
Profession | Diplomat |
Website | facebook |
She was appointed Ambassador to Australia in mid-2013 by then-President Traian Basescu. Previously working as the Director General for Export Controls Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[11] Bărbulescu started her career in 1992 at the Euro Atlantic Center - Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Early years
Nineta Dragomir was born in Galați, near Danube in 1968 and attended the Vasile Alecsandri National College. In 1992, she received a Masters of International Public Law degree magna cum laude at the University of Bucharest. Nineta was a lecturer and visiting professor for public international law to the following Romanian universities; Bucharest University (Law Faculty), Dimitrie Cantemir University, Titu Maiorescu University and Nicolae Titulescu Law Institute. She also published several studies and publications dedicated to inter alia new developments in human rights field (e.g. European citizenship), law of the sea, International Criminal Court, International Tribunal for Rwanda and International Court of Justice jurisprudence and the export controls field. In 1999, together with fellow Romanian diplomat, Mr. Aurel Preda Matasaru, Nineta published "The International Court of Justice and the Law of the Sea".[12][13]
Diplomatic career
1992-2012
Bărbulescu started her career in 1992 at the Euro Atlantic Center in Bucharest. A year later she was appointed Chief of Cabinet[14] at the Office of the Chamber of Deputies Speaker, position held until 1997. Between 1997-1999 respectively, Nineta served as First Secretary of Public International Law Directorate within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the same period, Nineta served as senior expert at the NATO & Non-Proliferation Directorate within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2000 she was appointed Deputy Director for NATO and Strategic Issues Department and the MFA representative to the Inter-Agency Council for Arms and Dual Use Export Controls. The following years, 2001-2005, Bărbulescu was appointed State Secretary, President of the National Agency for Arms Export Controls (renamed ANCEX) of Romania and Head of the National Authority for the Chemical Weapons Convention implementation in Romania.[15][16]
In 2002, the President of Romania awarded Bărbulescu the National Order of Merit - for her work towards the national foreign policy, involving NATO and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Directorate in MFA.
In 2010, Bărbulescu was awarded the diplomatic attaché Minister Plenipotentiary for her work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Following years (2011-2012) Nineta was Chair of the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation, Vienna.[17] In 2012, she also was Romanian Sous-Sherpa at the Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.
Between 2007-2013 she served as Director for the following; OSCE, Asymmetrical Risks, Non Proliferation & Combating Terrorism Directorate within Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cumulative (2010-2012) she also served as Director for Human Rights and Council of Europe Directorate. Bărbulescu managed the a range of security related issues such as; Non Proliferation, disarmament, hard security topics, counter-proliferation, conventional arms topics (including small arms, light weapons (SALW) and ammunition), arms control (CFE, Open Sky, Vienna Document 1999), policies in export controls, human rights and rights of persons belonging to minorities, OSCE and Council of Europe a.s.o.
Between 2010–2014 she also served as Member, Vice-Chair and Chair of the Confidentiality Commission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[18][19] Furthermore, being re-elected for her third consecutive term by the Conference of States Parties (CSP) to the Chemical Weapons Convention as Member of the OPCW Confidentiality Commission.
2013-present (ambassador)
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After being appointed Director General for Export Controls in January 2013 (within Ministry of Foreign Affairs), she initiated a package of amendments to the Romanian Arms Export Controls Law (currently in force). Nineta also held the following positions in 2013 prior to becoming Ambassador;
- In March 2013, Vice-President of the Final UN Diplomatic Conference for adopting an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in New York.
- In September 2013, Head of the Multinational delegation for the Australia Group Outreach mission in Republic of Moldova.
She was appointed ambassador of Romania to Australia in October 2013. Later in April 2015, becoming non-resident ambassador to New Zealand. Barbulescu is the first Romanian Ambassador appointed to Pacific islands countries. In July 2018, presenting her credentials in Solomon Islands[20] and Republic of Kiribati,[21] and establishing diplomatic relationships. [22] Early 2019 (January–March), she presented her credentials in Vanuatu,[23] Samoa[24] and Fiji.[25] In 2017, Bărbulescu opened the first Romanian Honorary Consulates in Perth, Western Australia , Adelaide and South Australia. In June 2018, a consular bureau was established (of Embassy of Romania) in Melbourne, Victoria, providing for the thousands of those of Romanian origins living in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. In December 2019 Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu became Dean of the Diplomatic Corp in Commonwealth of Australia [26] . In January 2020 Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu presented her Letter of Credence to HE Mrs. Teniku Talesa General Governor of Tuvalu and in March 2020 Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu presented her Letter of Credence to His Excellency Mr. Lionel Aingimea President of the Republic of Nauru [27]
Personal life
Mrs. Bărbulescu speaks English and French, is married to Mr. Dan Bărbulescu since 199 and has 4 sons: Tudor, Victor, Cristian, David and one granddaughter Cheeva Ioana. Barbulescu and her family arrived in Australia in October 2013.
Honors
External links
- Nineta Barbulescu 2005, GOVERNMENT OUTREACH TO INDUSTRY – * A PLATFORM FOR EXPORT CONTROLS COMPLIANCE pages;61-68
- Nineta Barbulescu, Ambasador al Romaniei in Australia, articol in Romania Journal 2015
- 47 years of Romanian Australian diplomatic relations, Canberra 2015
- Oportunități de atragere de investiții australiene în infrastructura din România, May 2015
- Australian Communications Minister, Honorable Malcolm Turnbull attending to first Romanian Scientific Diaspora and the Opportunities of Horizon 2020 Symposium, Canberra June 2015
- INTERVIU Nineta Bărbulescu, ambasador român în Australia şi Noua Zeelandă, despre Transilvania din sud-vestul Tasmaniei
- Interviu in Viata Libera acordat de Excelenţa Sale Nineta Bărbulescu, ambasadorul României în Australia şi Noua Zeelandă October 2015
- [ https://canberra.mae.ro/en/local-news/1090 Her Excellency Ambassador Nineta Bărbulescu welcomes the announcement made today, October 29, in Tasmania, by the Honourable Malcolm Turnbull, the Prime Minister of Australia, on building an icebreaker shipyard in Galați (Romania), by the Dutch company DAMEN Shipyards October 2015]
- Intreviu cu Ambasador Nineta BĂRBULESCU - Matei Schinteie - Canberra Australia 05.Dec.2016
- Discovering Romania in 12 steps
- Simpozionul diaporei românești și festivalul creativității românești la Antipozi, Auckland NZ, August 2017
- [ https://www.damen.com/en/news/2017/08/important_step_for_damen_antarctic_supply_research_vessel Construction of the Damen Antarctic Supply Research Vessel (ASRV) has taken an important step forward with an official keel laying ceremony for Australian icebreaker in presence of HE Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu, Galati August 2017]
- ZF Live. Nineta Bărbulescu, ambasadoarea României în Australia şi Noua Zeelandă: Exporturile României în Australia au crescut cu 86% în 2016, până la 200 milioane de dolari SUA
- EXCLUSIV 50 de ani de relații bilaterale România - Australia Radio Romania Actualitati June 2017
- Un australian, fost reprezentant al FMI în România în anii `70, a creat una dintre cele mai mari colecţii private de artă românească pe care a donat-o Australiei September 2017
- [ https://canberra.mae.ro/en/local-news/1246 Statement of Her Excellency Mrs. Nineta Bărbulescu, Ambassador of Romania to Australia and New Zealand on the occasion of the National Day of Romania Reception, December 1, 2017]
- [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCZjbx1ljpM Opening statement of Corneliu Petrescu Exhibition at the Embassy of Romania in Canberra, December 2017]
- Interview of HE Nineta Barbulescu, Ambassador of Romania to Australia, 2017 National Day of Romania
- [ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/recep%C8%9Bia-diplomatic%C4%83-pentru-marcarea-%C3%AEn-australia-zilei-barbulescu/ Romanian folk songs promoter and Canberran band Super-rats awarded by HE Nineta Barbulescu December 2017]
- Professor Anthony Elliott, Executive Director, Hawke EU Centre for Mobilities, Migrations and Cultural Transformations in conversation with H.E Mrs Nineta Barbulescu, Ambassador of Romania to Australia. Canberra, April 2017.
- [ https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/new-consular-bureau-in-melbourne-pt-1 New Consular Bureau in Melbourne interview SBS Radio news 2018]
- [ https://canberra.mae.ro/local-news/1290 Semnarea contractului de închiriere a sediului viitorului Birou Consular din Melbourne, Februarie 2018]
- [ http://www.romania-actualitati.ro/interviu_cu_ambasadoarea_romaniei_in_australia_nineta_barbulescu-114788 Interviu cu ambasadoarea României în Australia, Nineta Bărbulescu, Martie 2018 Radio Romania Actualitati]
- Last Minute Romanian-Australian Pairing Storm to Doubles Title at the ACT Clay Court International, March 2018
- Success sportiv romanesc la Canberra, Prosport Martie 2018
- Launching negotiations EU-Australia for Free Trade Agreement June 2018
- [ http://canberra.mae.ro/local-news/1350 Marcarea Centenarului Marii Uniri și deschiderea oficială a Biroului consular de la Melbourne Decembrie 2018]
- [ https://canberra.mae.ro/local-news/1349 1 Decembrie 2018 reflectat în media australiană de limba română]
- Gălăţeancă prin naştere şi prin educaţie, Nineta Bărbulescu, ambasadorul extraordinar şi plenipotenţiar al României în Australia, Noua Zeelandă, Insulele Solomon şi Kiribati a devenit, prin decretul preşedintelui Klaus Iohannis, ambasador extraordinar şi plenipotenţiar în Republica Vanuatu. January 2019
- Vanuatu: Un arhipelag din Oceania vrea să folosească experienţa României în lupta împotriva evaziunii fiscale şi a corupţiei, February 2019
- [ https://www.stiripesurse.ro/intalnirea-ministrului-natalia-elena-intotero-cu-membrii-comunita-ii-romane-ti-din-canberra_1327433.html Întâlnirea ministrului Natalia-Elena Intotero cu membrii comunității românești din Canberra, February 2019]
- Ministrul Natalia-Elena Intotero, alături de membrii comunității românești din Sydney, February 2019
- Natalia-Elena Intotero s-a întâlnit cu membrii comunității românești din Brisbane, February 2019
- [ http://canberra.mae.ro/en/local-news/1455 Ambassador Nineta Bărbulescu visited University of Tasmania Tyler collection of Romanian art, Hobart 2019]
- Remarks of Romanian designated Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa during the Credentials Ceremony, Apia, Samoa, March 2019
- [ https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/interview-with-her-excellency-nineta-barbulescu-romanian-ambassador-in-australia-and-new-zealand Interview with Her Excellency Nineta Barbulescu, Romanian Ambassador in Australia and New Zealand about the upcoming elections for the EU Parliament and the referendum on justice in Romania SBS News May 2019]
- [ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-27/tyler-collection-of-romanian-and-modern-art-honorary-consulate/11335526 Tyler Collection leads to new diplomatic position to strengthen ties between Tasmania and Romania, ABC News July 2019]
- ABC NEWS Interview HE Nineta Barbulescu Ambassador of Romania and HE Michael Pulch EU Delegation 2019
- Interviul ES Nineta Barbulescu, Ambasador al Romaniei in Australia, realizat de Dl John Gionea la Biroul Consular al Romaniei din Melbourne noiembrie 2019
- Interviul ES Nineta Barbulescu, Ambasador al Romaniei in Australia, la TVR International August 2019
- Nineta Barbulescu, Ambasador al Romaniei in Australia, articol in Libertatea 2019
- [ http://canberra.mae.ro/local-news/1482 Semi-centenarul relațiilor diplomatice între România și Noua Zeelandă, Octombrie 2019]
- Recepția de marcare a președinției României la Consiliul UE si vernisarea expozitiei PacificaRomania
- [ https://www.g4media.ro/trei-generatii-ale-unei-familii-au-votat-duminica-in-australia-mi-e-dor-de-romania-ma-gandesc-in-fiecare-zi.html Trei generații ale unei familii au votat duminică în Australia: ”Mi-e dor de România, mă gândesc în fiecare zi” November 2019]
- [ https://upload.latest.facebook.com/SDRDancing/posts/2197641750339001 Romanian folk dance "Calusul" first time played at Multicultural Festival In Canberra, February 2020]
Diplomatic posts | ||
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Preceded by Mihai Stuparu |
Romanian Ambassador to Australia | Incumbent |
Preceded by |
(Non-Resident) Romanian Ambassador to New Zealand, Fiji, Independent State of Samoa, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands & Tuvalu | Incumbent |
References
- "Interview with Her Excellency Nineta Barbulescu, Romanian Ambassador in Australia and New Zealand". SBS Your Language. Australia: Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- Presidential Decree to Australia https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/comunicat-de-presa-30-august-2013-p-style-margin-0-align-left-i-ref-decrete-semnate-de-pre-537-edintele-romaniei-domnul-traian-basescu-vineri-30-august-a-c-p, Nineta Bărbulescu, October 2013
- Presidential Decree to New Zealand https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/decrete-si-acte-oficiale/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1450619754, Nineta Bărbulescu, April 2015
- Fiji Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1524479692, Nineta Bărbulescu, April 2018
- Presidential Decree to Samoa https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/decrete-si-acte-oficiale/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1539351990, Nineta Barbulescu, October 2018
- Solomon Islands Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1524479692, Nineta Bărbulescu, April 2018
- Presidential Decree to Vanuatu https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/decrete-si-acte-oficiale/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1539351990, Nineta Bărbulescu, October 2018
- Kiribati Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1524479692, Nineta Bărbulescu, April 2018
- Tuvalu Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1561460890, Nineta Bărbulescu, June 2019
- Nauru Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1574258343, Nineta Bărbulescu, November 2019
- ANCEX CV http://www.ancex.ro/upload/CV_Nineta_Barbulescu_director_general_ANCEX_EN.pdf
- https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6575419, Bărbulescu's 1999 co-published book(1)
- http://opac.biblioteca.ase.ro/opac/bibliographic_view/154730, Bărbulescu's 1999 co-published book(2)
- Nineta Bărbulescu, Biography http://canberra.mae.ro/en/node/386August , 2019
- Nineta Bărbulescu President of Ancex https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2004/05/opcw-eastern-european-national-authorities-meet-romania, 2004
- Nineta Bărbulescu President of Ancex https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2004/05/opcw-director-general-visits-romania-meets-president-iliescu-and-senior, 2004
- http://www.mae.ro/en/node/13147, Activities of Romanian Chairmanship of the HCoC (Nineta Bărbulescu Chairmanship)
- https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-15/en/c1505_en.pdf, REPORT OF THE FIFTEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES 29 NOVEMBER – 3 DECEMBER 2010
- https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/CSP/C-19/en/c1905_e_.pdf, REPORT OF THE NINETEENTH SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES PARTIES 1 – 5 DECEMBER 2014
- https://www.solomonstarnews.com/index.php/news/national/item/20696-romania-envoy-presents-credentials
- https://canberra.mae.ro/en/local-news/1309
- http://www.solomonstarnews.com/index.php/news/national/item/20696-romania-envoy-presents-credentials, Solomon Islands Romania presenting credentials, 12 July 2018
- https://dailypost.vu/president-tallis-r-receiving-credential-letters-from-romania-ambassador-designate-to-vanuatu-nineta-barbulescu/image_1bbe3d1c-4c63-5904-a19b-c451b47be8ff.html
- https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/article/38008
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwt-XZS1JcA
- http://canberra.mae.ro/local-news/1491
- http://nauru-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Nauru-Bulletin-04_24Mar2020-208.pdf
- 'Decree National Order "For Merit"'http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/40255
- 'Ordinului Eparhial Sfinții Apostoli Petru și Pavel'http://canberra.mae.ro/local-news/1493