George Adrian Scutaru (born 24 October 1973) is a
Romanian politician and member, from
Buzău County, of the
Chamber of Deputies of Romania
Biography and education
George Scutaru was born on 24 October 1973 in the town of
Focşani,
Vrancea County
Vrancea () is a county ( județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...
. He graduated the History Faculty in the
University of Bucharest and holds a master's degree in International Relations. He also graduated the
National Defence College and the
National Intelligence Academy
The National Intelligence Academy (Romanian: ''Academia Națională de Informații'') is a Romanian university run by the Romanian Intelligence Service intended to train intelligence officers. In its 20 years of existence, it had trained over 4000 ...
, as well as attended training courses and programmes at the
NATO College of Rome,
the G.C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the
US State Department.
He is the honorary president of the League of Professional Military and a founding member of Unmanned Vehicle Systems Romania Association.
He is married and has two daughters.
Professional career
He started his professional career in journalism, contributing articles to newspapers and magazines. He worked as an editor at the domestic policy section of a press agency, then as a press correspondent to Moscow, before becoming the director general of a press consultancy and monitoring agency.
Political career
Following the 2004 elections he got a seat in the House of Deputies, being elected on the lists of the
National Liberal Party, and is currently serving his third mandate as an MP.
Since 2004 he has been a member of the Committee on Defence, Public Order and National Security, in which he successively held the positions of Secretary (2004-2008) and Vice-Chairman (2008-2012; 2012-2016). His interest in both security and international affairs is testified by his belonging to three Parliamentary Friendship Groups – Romania-Georgia, Romania-the Russian Federation and Romania-Hellenic Republic – as well as to the Romanian parliamentary Delegation to NATO PA.
George Scutaru - Chamber of Deputies of Romania
/ref> Moreover, he is a founding member of the „ProAmerica” Group in the Parliament of Romania, well known as a staunch supporter of strengthening the bilateral relations between Romania and the US and as a promoter of the deployment of the ballistic missile shield on the Romanian territory.
References
External links
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George Scutaru, profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site
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University of Bucharest alumni
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians
People from Focșani
1973 births
Living people