The head of the European Commission (EC) representation in Romania, Ramona Kyriac, has temporarily removed herself from her position in order to be able to run for office in the elections to the European Parliament on June 9. She will take first place in the joint lists of PSD and PNL, the coalition leaders decided at a meeting held on Monday.

Ramona Kyriac removed herself from her position in the Representation of the European Commission in Romania, her place will be taken by Deputy Head Mara Roman.

“Like any European citizen, officials and temporary agents of the European Commission have the right to stand for election. Mrs. Ramona Kyriac, head of the European Commission Representation in Romania, has already informed the higher hierarchical forums and relevant services of the European Commission about the decision to run for office in the elections to the European Parliament,” the press release states.

Kyriac went on unpaid leave.

“At the same time, taking into account the provisions of the Regulation establishing the status of officials and the regime applicable to other agents of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, as well as the internal procedures of the European Commission, Ms. Kyriak submitted a request for suspension by approving leave without pay for personal reasons of an imperative nature in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 of the aforementioned regulation,” the same press release states.

Who is Ramona Kyriac?

Ramona Julia Kyriac was appointed in 2021 as the head of the European Commission representation in Bucharest. His mandate began on July 1, 2021. In this capacity, he officially represented the position of the European executive headed by Ursula von der Leyen in Bucharest.

Kyriac has Romanian citizenship and is a staff diplomat. She has almost 20 years of work experience in European affairs, acquired including at the local level, in Romania, the press service of the representative office announced when she was appointed to the position.

Kyriac has been working in the diplomatic service of Romania since 2008. Prior to this ten-year experience in diplomatic positions, he worked in the central and local public administration of Romania, performing duties related, in particular, to the preparation of Romanian local authorities to work in the country. accession to the EU.

At the Ministry of European Integration of Romania, she was, in particular, responsible for promoting EU values, providing information on funding opportunities, as well as spreading knowledge about the EU through the organization of conferences, seminars, information campaigns and workshops.

Graduated from the Faculty of European Studies at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Has two master’s degrees, one in European studies and one in gender studies.

She is married, has a child and knows five foreign languages ​​(English, French, German, Spanish and Italian), according to data on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

What the PSD-PNL list for the European Parliament could look like

HotNews.ro wrote a few days ago that the PSD-PNL list for the European Parliament will be opened by Ramona Kyriac. According to political sources, the list will look like this:

Independent candidate:

• Ramona Kyriac

Working version of Candidates PSD:

• Mihai Tudos Claudiu

• Manda Victor Negrescu

• Simon Bukura Oprescu

• Maria Grapini

• Vasyl Dinku
• Dragos Benea
• Nick’s day
• George Carciu

Working version of candidates from PNL:

• Siegfried Muresyan
• Rares Bohdan
• Dan Motreanu
• Adina Valean
• Alina Gorghiu
• Sabina Iosub
• Daniel Buda
• Vasyl Blaga

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