Lazăr Comănescu

Lazăr Comănescu is a Romanian diplomat who served as Foreign minister of Romania from 2015 to 2017 and in 2008 as part of the National Liberal Party of Romania.

Biography

Lazăr Comănescu was born on June 4, 1949, in Horezu, Romania. After studying international trade at the Bucharest Academy of Economic Sciences, he earned a master's degree in Contemporary French Civilization and Language from the Sorbonne University and a doctorate in International Economic Relations from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Sciences.
Between 1972 and 1982, he worked in the International Economic Organizations Department of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After receiving his doctorate, he became a lecturer in the International Economic Relations Department of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Sciences.
After the Revolutions of 1989, Lázar Comănescu returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he served first as an advisor, then as Minister-Counsellor of the Mission of Romania to the European Union in Brussels, Director of the Ministry's Directorate for the European Union, and finally as Director General, Advisor to the Minister, and Chief of Staff.
From 1995 to 1998, Lázar Comănescu was appointed State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the same period, he worked as an associate professor at the Academy of Economic Sciences. Between 1998 and 2008, he served as Romania's Ambassador to the European Union.
He served as Romanian Ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2015.
He has been serving as Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation since 1 July 2021.