Adrian SEVERIN Curriculum Vitae

Personal data: Date and place of birth: 28 March 1954, Civil status: married

Education; scientific degrees: 1974-1978 Faculty of Law - University of Bucharest; Doctor of Laws, University of Bucharest 1986; post-graduate studies in economics, management, marketing, industrial property rights with the London University Business School, University of Bucharest, University of Timisoara, and Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest; professor, PhD

Political activity: 1990 member of the CPUN and secretary of state for privatisation, National Ministry for Economy; 1990-1991 assistant prime minister for reform and relationships with the Parliament; 1992-1998 vicepresident of the PD ; 1996-1997 assistant prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs; member of the PSD

Parliamentary activity: -1990-1992 deputy representing the FSN; -1992 deputy representing the FSN (PD); -1996 deputy representing the PD ; -1999 independent deputy; -1992- 1996 leader of the Parliamentary Group of the PD; -1993 - 1996 member and rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; -1995 -1996 vice-president of the Committee for Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; -1998 -1999 head of the Delegation of the Parliament of to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; -1998-2001 head of the ad-hoc Committee for Belarus, attached to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; -2000- 2002 president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly -since 2002 honoured president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, deputy of the Convention on the Future of Europe, representing the Parliament of Romania, and member of the Delegation of the Parliament of Romania to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; -member of the Committee for Foreign Policy; -member of the Romania-Poland friendship parliamentary group -observer with the ; - Chairman of the Sub-Committee on External Relations, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE); - PACE Rapporteur on the Stability Pact for South Caucasus; Professional activity: Profession: jurist 1978 -1986 legal adviser with the "Romconsult" Romanian Consulting Institute; 1986 -1989 lecturer, speciality: international trade law and comparative civil and trade law; 1990-1992 lecturer with the University of Bucharest. since 1993 lecturer with the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest; since 1999 lecturer with the "" University, Bucharest

Awards, decorations: Honorary Award of the World Assembly for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (WASME); "Euromarket" Award of the European Market Research Centre - Brussels; "Man of the 20th Century" Award, Biographic International Centre, United Kingdom; "Pro Merito" Medal awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe; "Francisco de Miranda" Order, first class, of the Republic of Venezuela; "International Understanding" Award - USA; Excellence Award and "Manfred Worner" Medal awarded by the "Manfred Worner" Euro- Atlantic Association; "Faithful Service" National Order, rank of Chevalier, Romania, 2002

Books and papers published: a series of books and articles, as author or co-author, in the fields of international trade law, international trade arbitration, comparative civil and trade law, economic and political reform, international relations, such as: Collective Legal Entities of Romania, 1981 Regulation of Trade Disputes between Parties in the COMECON Countries, 1989 Trade International Law Romanian Legislation in the Field of Foreign Trade, 1989 International Selling/Purchasing Contract in Eastern Europe Countries, 1990 Tears of the Morning/Weaknesses of the Romanian Political System, 1995 The Challenge of the NATO Enlargement, 1999 Europe 2000 Contributions to the Debates on Europe's Destiny, 1999 Law in Greater Europe/Towards a Common Legal Area, 2000 European Union and Russia: Balkan Situation, 2000 Places where Europe is Being Built, 2001 A Romanian View of the Future of the European Union, 2001

Languages skills: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian - satisfactorily