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Her Excellency
Nineta Bărbulescu
Barbulescu in 2015
Romania Ambassador to Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 22, 2021
PresidentKlaus Iohannis
Romania Ambassador to Australia
In office
August 31, 2013 – December 12, 2020
PresidentTraian Basescu
Preceded byMihai Stuparu
Succeeded byRadu Gabriel Safta
Director General for Export Controls Department (MFA)
In office
January 13, 2013 – October 18, 2013
Director of OSCE Asymmetrical Risks and Non-Proliferation Directorate (MFA)
In office
2007–2013
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

(1968-02-23) 23 February 1968 (age 56)
Galați, Socialist Republic of Romania
Spouse
Dan Bărbulescu
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(m. 1992)​
Children4
Residence(s)Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
EducationVasile Alecsandri National College (Galați)
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
ProfessionDiplomat
Websitefacebook.com/nina.barbu.7

Nineta Bărbulescu[1] (born 23 February 1968) is a Romanian career diplomat, and current Ambassador of Romania to Malaysia and (non-resident) Brunei.[2] She served as the Romanian Ambassador to Australia from August 2013 until December 2020. During these 7 years she also was accredited non-resident Ambassador to New Zealand (2015–2020), Fiji (2018–2020), Independent State of Samoa (2018–2020), Solomon Islands (2018–2020), Vanuatu (2018–2020), Kiribati (2018–2020), Tuvalu (2019–2020), and Nauru (2019–2020).[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Early years

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Nineta Dragomir was born in 1968 in Galați, a port city on the Danube, and attended the Vasile Alecsandri National College. In 1992, she received a Masters of International Public Law degree magna cum laude from the University of Bucharest. She was a lecturer and visiting professor for public international law at the following Romanian universities; University of Bucharest (Law Faculty), Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University, Titu Maiorescu University, and the Nicolae Titulescu Law Institute.

In 1999, together with Aurel Preda Mătăsaru, a fellow Romanian diplomat, she published The International Court of Justice and the Law of the Sea.[12][13] She also published several studies and publications dedicated to new developments in the fields of human rights (e.g., European citizenship), export controls, law of the sea, International Criminal Court, International Tribunal for Rwanda, and International Court of Justice jurisprudence.

Diplomatic career

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Early Career (1992–2012)

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Bărbulescu started her career in 1992 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (former Euro Atlantic Centre) in Bucharest. A year later she was appointed Chief of Cabinet[14] at the Office of the Chamber of Deputies Speaker, a position held until 1997. Between 1997 and 1999 respectively, she served as First Secretary of the Public International Law Directorate within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the same period, she 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.

Between 2001 and 2005, Bărbulescu was appointed State Secretary, President of the National Agency for Arms Export Controls (formerly ANCEX) 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.

During 2007–2013 she served as Director for OSCE, Asymmetrical Risks, Non Proliferation, and the Combating Terrorism Directorate within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cumulative (2010–2012), she also served as Director for Human Rights and Council of Europe Directorate. Bărbulescu managed 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.

Between 2010 and 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] She was 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.

After being appointed Director General for Export Controls in January 2013 (within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), she initiated a package of amendments to the Romanian Arms Export Controls Law (currently in force).

May 2014, Bărbulescu in front of the 2013 Nobel Prize awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague (Netherlands)

Bărbulescu 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.

Romanian Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Kiribati, Independent State of Samoa, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Nauru (2013–2020)

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Bărbulescu was appointed Ambassador to Australia in mid-2013 by then-President Traian Băsescu.[20] Later in April 2015, she became non-resident ambassador to New Zealand.

In 2016, Romanian exports to Australia increased 86% to US$200 Million.[21] 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.

Bărbulescu is the first Romanian Ambassador appointed to Pacific islands countries (7). In July 2018, she presented her credentials in Solomon Islands[22] and Republic of Kiribati,[23] and established bilateral diplomatic relations with Tarawa. [24]

In January–March 2019, she presented her credentials in Vanuatu,[25] Samoa[26] and Fiji.[27] In December 2019, Ambassador Nineta Bărbulescu became Dean of the Diplomatic Corp in Commonwealth of Australia.[28]

In January 2020, Ambassador Nineta Bărbulescu presented her letter of credence to Teniku Talesi, General Governor of Tuvalu, and in March 2020 she presented her letter of credence to Lionel Aingimea, President of the Republic of Nauru.[29]

Romanian Ambassador to Malaysia and Brunei (2021–present)

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Bărbulescu was appointed Ambassador to Malaysia on January 22, 2021, by President Klaus Iohannis.[30][31] She was appointed as Ambassador to Brunei on March 2, 2021. Mrs. Bărbulescu presented her credentials to King of Malaysia Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on November 10, 2021.[32]

She signed two judicial treaties between Romania and Malaysia on December 6, 2021, saying "These two new bilateral treaties are contributions to multilateralism and cooperation".[33] Adding that "(the treaties) strengthen the future resilience of our respective countries by more effective cooperation in the suppression of crime, these treaties might also serve as an inspiration and motivation for our regional neighbors to broaden their legal avenues with countries from afar".

Personal life

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Nineta Bărbulescu is married to Dan Bărbulescu since 1992.[citation needed] They have 4 sons, Tudor, Victor, Cristian, David and one granddaughter, Cheeva Ioana. Bărbulescu speaks Romanian, English, and French.

Bărbulescu and her family have been residing in Malaysia since March 2021.

Honours

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Interviews

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
 Romanian Ambassador to Malaysia and Brunei
2021–present 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Mihai Stuparu
 Romanian Ambassador to Australia
2013–2020 		Succeeded by
Radu Gabriel Safta
Preceded by
First appointment
 (Non-Resident) Romanian Ambassador to New Zealand, Fiji, Independent State of Samoa, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands & Tuvalu
2015–2020 		Succeeded by
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References

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  1. ^ "Interview with Her Excellency Nineta Barbulescu, Romanian Ambassador in Australia and New Zealand". SBS Your Language. Australia: Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
  2. ^ "Arrival in Kuala Lumpur of the new designated ambassador for Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam | EMBASSY OF ROMANIA in Malaysia". kualalumpur.mae.ro. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ^ Presidential Decree to Australia https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/comunicat-de-presa-30-august-2013-p-i-ref-decrete-semnate-de-pre-537-edintele-romaniei-domnul-traian-basescu-vineri-30-august-a-c-p, Nineta Bărbulescu, October 2013
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Fiji Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1524479692, Nineta Bărbulescu, April 2018
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Solomon Islands Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1524479692, Nineta Bărbulescu, April 2018
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ Kiribati Decree, https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1524479692, Nineta Bărbulescu, April 2018
  10. ^ Tuvalu Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1561460890, Nineta Bărbulescu, June 2019
  11. ^ Nauru Decree https://www.presidency.ro/ro/media/comunicate-de-presa/decrete-semnate-de-presedintele-romaniei-domnul-klaus-iohannis1574258343, Nineta Bărbulescu, November 2019
  12. ^ https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6575419, Bărbulescu's 1999 co-published book(1)
  13. ^ http://opac.biblioteca.ase.ro/opac/bibliographic_view/154730, Bărbulescu's 1999 co-published book(2)
  14. ^ Nineta Bărbulescu, Biography http://canberra.mae.ro/en/node/386August , 2019
  15. ^ Nineta Bărbulescu President of Ancex https://www.opcw.org/media-centre/news/2004/05/opcw-eastern-european-national-authorities-meet-romania, 2004
  16. ^ 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
  17. ^ http://www.mae.ro/en/node/13147, Activities of Romanian Chairmanship of the HCoC (Nineta Bărbulescu Chairmanship)
  18. ^ 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
  19. ^ 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
  20. ^ "DECRET 740 30/08/2013 – Portal Legislativ".
  21. ^ "Nineta Bărbulescu, ambasadoarea României în Australia și Noua Zeelandă: Exporturile României în Australia au crescut cu 86% în 2016, până la 200 milioane de dolari SUA". www.zf.ro. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  22. ^ "Romania envoy presents credentials – Solomon Star News". www.solomonstarnews.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-12.
  23. ^ "Credentials Ceremony in Republic of Kiribati | EMBASSY OF ROMANIA to the Commonwealth of Australia". Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  24. ^ http://www.solomonstarnews.com/index.php/news/national/item/20696-romania-envoy-presents-credentials, Solomon Islands Romania presenting credentials, 12 July 2018
  25. ^ "President Tallis (R) receiving credential letters from Romania Ambassador designate to Vanuatu, Nineta Barbulescu". 24 January 2019.
  26. ^ "Romania's Ambassador presents credentials".
  27. ^ Fijian President received letter of credence from the non-resident Ambassador of Romania. YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08.
  28. ^ "Asumarea Decanatului Corpului Diplomatic din Australia | AMBASADA ROMÂNIEI în Australia".
  29. ^ Nauru Bulletin nauru-news.com March 2020 [dead link]
  30. ^ "Romanian president accredits several new ambassadors". www.romania-insider.com. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  31. ^ "DECRET 164 02/03/2021 – Portal Legislativ". legislatie.just.ro. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  32. ^ "King receives credentials of 13 foreign envoys".
  33. ^ "Judicial treaties bolster Romanian-Malaysian ties | New Straits Times". 12 January 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  34. ^ Decree National Order "For Merit" http://legislatie.just.ro/Public/DetaliiDocument/40255
  35. ^ Ordinului Eparhial Sfinții Apostoli Petru și Pavel http://canberra.mae.ro/local-news/1493
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