Ion Jinga 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 August 4, 2015, he was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations in New York. Ambassador Jinga speaks English and French, in addition to his Romanian native language.

He authored and co-authored five books and over 30 articles on European Integration topics. He received the title “Ambassador of the Year 2007 in Belgium”. In 2012, he received the title “Diplomat of the Year from Europe” by Diplomat Magazine in London, and was awarded the title “Diplomat of the Year 2012”, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania on the occasion of celebrating 150 years of Romanian diplomacy. He is a member of The Incorporation of Wrights in Glasgow (the oldest Guild in the UK with a Charter granted by King Malcolm III in 1057) and of The Guild of Freemen of the City of London.

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