Dan Dungaciu

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Dan Dungaciu
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Dungaciu in 2019
Born (1968-10-03) 3 October 1968 (age 56)
Citizenship Romania
Moldova
Alma mater University of Bucharest
Employer University of Bucharest
Known forExpert on Moldova
Spouse Stela Popa
Awards Order of Honour (Moldova)

Dan Gheorghe Dungaciu (born 3 October 1968) is a Romanian sociologist and geopolitician.

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Biography

He was born in Târgu Mureș. He graduated from the University of Bucharest in 1995 and received his Ph.D. in 2002. He is a professor at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the University of Bucharest and director of the Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations of the Romanian Academy. [1] He served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. [2]

On Moldova

Dungaciu is a supporter of the Romanian language in the Republic of Moldova. In 2022 he wrote that the Chișinău Government can introduce the Romanian language into the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova without a vote in Parliament. [3]

Dungaciu has been a supporter of Moldovan President Maia Sandu and has accurately predicted that her party would get a good result in the early elections of 2021. [4] Dungaciu characterised Maia Sandu as a winner and affirmed that Sandu would be capable of calling early elections. [5]

Awards

Dan Dungaciu is laureate of the Dimitrie Gusti prize for sociology offered by the Romanian Academy (1995) and the International Prize for Sociology of Istanbul University (2001). In 2009, the interim President of Moldova, Mihai Ghimpu, signed a decree on bestowing the Order of Honour on Dungaciu. [6]

Political activity

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Dungaciu with Simion in the Romanian Parliament, 2 June 2025

On 2 June 2025, George Simion announced Dungaciu as the foreign relations consultant of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) party. [7] The announcement came at the same time as Silvia Uscov and Andrei Gușă  [ ro ] joined AUR. [8]

Private life

Dungaciu obtained Moldovan citizenship on 16 July 2010, when he became an advisor for European Integration for president Mihai Ghimpu. [9] He married Moldovan journalist Stela Popa in October 2012. [10]

Works

Notes

  1. "Prof. Dan Dungaciu – President". fumn.eu. Fundația Universitară a Mării Negre "Mircea Malița". Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. Decizie nr.52 din 11 mai 2006 privind numirea domnului Dan Dungaciu în funcția de subsecretar de stat pentru românii de pretutindeni în cadrul Ministerului Afacerilor Externe
  3. "Dan Dungaciu: Guvernul de la Chișinău poate introduce limba română în Constituția R. Moldova fără vot în Parlament! O spune judecătorul Tudor Panțîru". Adevărul (in Romanian). 12 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  4. "Dan Dungaciu: Mesajul cu care Maia Sandu poate câștiga" (in Romanian). Digi24. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  5. Dungaciu: Maia Sandu nu poate să țină piept la tot ce se petrece în Republica Moldova, Știri pe surse, February 2022
  6. "Ghimpu rupe! Și Veaceslav Țîbuleac a fost decorat cu "Ordinul de Onoare"" (in Romanian). HotNews. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  7. Grigore, Florentina (2 June 2025). "George Simion anunță că AUR are un nou consilier pe relații externe. Cine este". Adevărul . Archived from the original on 2 June 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  8. Ababei, Oana (3 June 2025). "George Simion anunță noi membri în partidul său: O avocată și un deputat care renunță la S.O.S. România pentru AUR". Adevărul . Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  9. "Dan Dungaciu a devenit cetățean al R. Moldova și consilier al președintelui interimar Mihai Ghimpu". Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  10. "Stela Popa și Dan Dungaciu s-au căsătorit!". Jurnal de Chișinău (in Romanian). 6 October 2012. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2012.