Viorel Isticioaia Budura (born 31 July 1952) is a Romanian diplomat who has headed the European Union delegation to Japan since December 2014. He was ambassador to South Korea from June 2000 until October 2002 and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and Mongolia from October 2002 until January 2010. In the 1970s, Isticioaia Budura studied philosophy at the University of Bucharest and Chinese and literature at

Nankai University Nankai University (NKU or Nankai; ) is a national public research university located in Tianjin, China. It is a prestigious Chinese state Class A Double First Class University approved by the central government of China, and a member of the fo ...

in Tianjin.

Honors

Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star (2020)

References

Ambassadors of Romania to China Ambassadors of the European Union to Japan 1952 births Living people Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class {{Romania-diplomat-stub