Dan Gheorghe Dungaciu (born 3 October 1968) is a

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n sociologist and geopolitician.

Biography

He was born in

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

. He graduated from the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

in 1995 and received his Ph.D. in 2002. He is a professor at the Faculty of Sociology and Social Work of the University of Bucharest and director of the Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations of the

Romanian Academy The Romanian Academy ( ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life. According to its bylaws, the academy's ma ...

. He served as Secretary of State in the

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of Romania.

On Moldova

Dungaciu is a supporter of the Romanian language in the Republic of Moldova. In 2022 he wrote that the Chișinău Government can introduce the Romanian language into the Constitution of the Republic of Moldova without a vote in Parliament. Dungaciu has been a supporter of Moldovan President

Maia Sandu Maia Sandu (; born 24 May 1972) is a Moldovan politician who is serving as the sixth president of Moldova since 2020. She is the founder and former leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity and was Prime Minister of Moldova, prime minister o ...

and has accurately predicted that her party would get a good result in the early elections of 2021. Dungaciu characterised Maia Sandu as a winner and affirmed that Sandu would be capable of calling early elections.

Awards

Dan Dungaciu is laureate of the ''

Dimitrie Gusti Dimitrie Gusti (; 13 February 1880 – 30 October 1955) was a Romanian sociologist, ethnologist, historian, and voluntarist philosopher; a professor at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, he served as Romania's Minister ...

'' prize for sociology offered by the

(1995) and the International Prize for Sociology of

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(2001). In 2009, the interim

President of Moldova The president of the Republic of Moldova () is the head of state of Moldova. The current president is Maia Sandu, who assumed office on 24 December 2020. Duties and functions The president "represents the State" and is "…the guarantor of n ...

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, signed a decree on bestowing the '' Order of Honour'' on Dungaciu.

Private life

Dungaciu obtained Moldovan citizenship on 16 July 2010, when he became an advisor for

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for president

. He married Moldovan journalist Stela Popa in October 2012.

Works

* * * * ''Enciclopedia valorilor reprimate'', 2 volume, 2000 (coauthor) * ''Statul și comunitatea morală. Memorii (1904–1910)'', Traian Brăileanu, (ediție îngrijită, studiu introductiv și repere bibliografice de Dan Dungaciu), 2002. * ''Sociologia românească interbelică în context european'', 2002. * ''Națiunea și provocările (post)modernității'', 2002. * * * *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dungaciu, Dan 1968 births Living people People from Târgu Mureș Romanian people of Moldovan descent Romanian sociologists Geopoliticians University of Bucharest alumni Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Euronova Media Group Recipients of the Order of Honour (Moldova)