Ion Jinga

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Full Name	Ion Jinga
Occupation	Diplomat
Date Of Birth	Sep 1, 1961(1961-09-01)
Age	63
Birthplace	Câmpulung
Country	Romania
Birth City	Câmpulung
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ion Jinga Biography

Ion Jinga is one of the most popular and richest Diplomat who was born on September 1, 1961 in Câmpulung, Câmpulung, Romania. Ion Jinga (born 1 September 1961, Câmpulung) is a Romanian diplomat working in the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1992. Between 2003 and 2008 he served as the Romanian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and between 2008 and 2015 he held the position of Ambassador of Romania to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. On 4 August 2015 he was appointed Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations in New York. He and his wife Daniela have one daughter.

Ion Jinga gave speeches and held seminars at the University of Valladolid- Spain (2002), the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium (2003), The Free University of Brussels (2004, 2007), London School of Economics (2004), The European Parliament (2004, 2005, 2006), The European Institute of International Relations in Brussels (2007, 2008), Oxford Brookes University (2009), Robert Gordon University – Glasgow (2009), University of Kent (2009), Canterbury Christ Church University (2010), the University of Manchester (2011, 2012), the University of Oxford (2011), Leeds University (2011) The International Congress for Human Rights (London 2011), Norwich University (2012), the University of York (2012), the University of Essex (2012), the University of Bedfordshire (2014), London Metropolitan University (2014) Sheffield University (2014), Coventry (2014), the Santa Marta Group Conference on Modern Slavery (London, 2014), Utah Valley University (Orem Utah, USA, 2015), St. John’s University School of Law (New York, 2016), Columbia University (New York, 2016), and Harvard University (Cambridge USA, 2016).

Another of his books, “The European Union looking for future; European studies”, published in 2008, has been included by the European Parliament in the online collection entitled “100 Books on Europe to remember”. The collection comprises 100 works published over a period of almost a century, considered by the EP as representative for the European idea. Among the book authors in this selection are outstanding personalities of the recent European history, such as Robert Schuman, Jean Monnet, Konrad Adenauer, Charles de Gaulle, Václav Havel, Jacques Delors, Margaret Thatcher, and Romano Prodi.

Since 2012, Ion Jinga is the honorary president of the York Romanian Society (the University of York). Since 2011 he is a member of The Atlantic Council of Great Britain (British NGO) and of the Manchester Debating Union (University of Manchester). Since 2010 he is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Club board (London) and a co-patron of the Scottish Romanian Universities Exchange (Edinburgh). Since 2009 he is a founding member of the European Law Romanian Society and from 2003 he is a member of the Scientific College of the Romanian Magazine for EU Law. Between 2005 and 2008 he was a member of the „Groupe Européen d’Evaluation et de Prospective” (GEEP) within the European Institute of International Relations, Brussels. In 2015, he was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Utah Valley University (Orem, Utah, USA), and, since 2016, he is Visiting Professor from Practice at St. John’s University School of Law, New York, and Honorary President of the Global Romanian Society of Young Professionals (GRASP) – New York.

Ion Jinga graduated from the “Dinicu Golescu” high school in Câmpulung, Argeş (1976 – 1980), as a valedictorian, and subsequently he attended the Faculty of Physics at the University of Bucharest, which he graduated in 1986. During his final two university years he taught as a Physics teacher and after graduation he worked as Physicist engineer at the Institute of Nuclear Power Reactors, Piteşti. Between 1991 and 1992 he worked for the Argeş Prefecture, and on 1 November 1992 he became a diplomat within the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at The University of Bucharest (1987-1992) and from the National School of Political Science and Public Administration (1990-1992). In parallel, between 1991 -1992, he attended a Master’s course at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, which resulted in an MA in European Administration. Next he completed an International Relations course at University of Leeds, United Kingdom, under a “Know How Fund” scholarship offered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Between 1997 – 1999 he conducted a NATO-funded research project entitled “Joining NATO, the EU, and the WEU: differences, similarities, synergies. Romania’s case”. In 1999 he received a Doctorate in Law for his thesis entitled “Institutional Reform of the European Union in the Context of the Intergovernmental Conference to Review the Maastricht Treaty”.

Ion Jinga Net Worth

Ion Jinga is one of the richest Diplomat from Romania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ion Jinga 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Between 1992 – 1995, 1999 – 2000, 2002 – 2003, and in 2013, Ion Jinga taught courses within the field of European Integration as an associate professor within the National School for Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest. Between 2002 and 2003 he also taught as an associate professor within the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He authored and co-authored five books and over 30 articles on European Integration topics published in peer-reviewed journals. Among his books is the first dictionary on EU Law ever published in Romania. In his book “The European Union. Realities and perspectives”, published in 1999, the scenario of Romania joining the European Union in 2007 is mentioned for the first time.

Starting 1 November 1992, Ion Jinga was employed within the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, first occupying the position of Third Secretary within the European Union Directorate, then that of Second Secretary within the Minister’s Office and subsequently that of First Secretary, Counsellor, Deputy Ambassador and Chargé d’affaires a.i. at the Mission of Romania to the European Union in Brussels. Between 2002 and 2003 he was Director General for the European Union within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and one of the six members of the Romanian Delegation to the Convention on the Future of Europe (which prepared the Constitutional Treaty of the European Union, later transformed into the Treaty of Lisbon). On 9 April 2003 he was appointed Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Romania to the Kingdom of Belgium and on 7 March 2008 he was appointed Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Romania to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. On 4 August 2015 he was appointed Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations in New York, where he presented his credentials on 13 August 2015. In August 2017, by Presidential Decree, Ion Jinga received the diplomatic rank of Ambassador. Ion Jinga speaks English and French, in addition to his Romanian native language.

In addition, Ion Jinga received the title “Ambassador of the year 2007 in Belgium” (Belgian Award of Diplomatic Excellence 2007), awarded by the “Diplomacy and Global Risk NGO” and the “Diplomatic News” magazine in Brussels. In 2012 he successively received the title “Diplomat of the Year from Europe” by the Diplomat Magazine in London (Diplomat Magazine awards 2012), the Medal “Graduate of Excellence”, from the National School for Political and Administrative Studies (NSPAS) in Bucharest (being the first SNSPA graduate to ever receive this distinction), and the title “Diplomat of the Year 2012”, awarded by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania on the occasion of celebrating 150 years of Romanian diplomacy. In January 2014, the ‘Foreign Policy Romania’ magazine named Ambassador Jinga one of the key 100 Romanian personalities who have “moved the country through the power of their ideas or through their own example” in 2013 (he was also mentioned in 2012). He is a member of The Incorporation of Wrights in Glasgow (the oldest Guild in the UK with Charter granted by King Malcolm III in 1057) and of The Guild of Freemen of the City of London. In February 2015, Ion Jinga received the “Diplomat of the Year 2015” Award within the “Political and Public Life Awards” event, organized by the British ‘Asian Voice’ magazine and hosted by the Rt Hon Keith Vaz, the Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee of the House of Commons. The “Political and Public Life Awards” are granted for outstanding professional contributions of personalities working within the fields of politics, social activism, journalism, acting, law, health and culture.

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On 30 August 2017, by Presidential Decree, Ion Jinga was granted the diplomatic rank of Ambassador.

Facts & Trivia

Ion Ranked on the list of most popular Diplomat. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Romania. Ion Jinga celebrates birthday on September 1 of every year.

In analysing the significance of the book, the view of the European Parliament was that “The many honours, decorations and honorary titles Dr Jinga has been awarded throughout his career testify to his exceptional qualities as a diplomat and someone to whom Romania owes recognition since he has represented, and continues to represent, his country’s interests in an exemplary manner at crucial times in contemporary European events. Written from the standpoint of an expert directly involved in shaping the Community, this work provides an overview of the most important moments and decisions in European policy making over the period 2003-2007, which led to reform of the EU institutions and whose main aim was to adjust the functioning of an EU of 27 or more Member States to the challenges of the 21st Century.”