Dan Dungaciu

Dan Gheorghe Dungaciu (born October 3, 1968 in Târgu Mureş) is a Romanian sociologist and an expert in the situation in Republic of Moldova.
Biography.
Dan Gheorghe Dungaciu was born on October 3, 1968, in Târgu Mureş. He graduated from University of Bucharest in 1995 and received his PhD in 2002. Dan Gheorghe Dungaciu teaches at the University of Bucharest. He served as Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Romania).
Dan Dungaciu is a well recognized expert of political and social events that occur in Republic of Moldova and author of many articles and analyses, including of a book titled "Who are we? Chronicles from East and West." Moreover, he is an editorialist of Vocea Basarabiei and Timpul de dimineaţă.
He obtained a Moldovan citizenship on July 16, 2010, when he became an advisor for European Integration for president Mihai Ghimpu. He married Moldovan journalist Stela Popa in October 2012.
Awards.
Dan Dungaciu is laureate of the "Dimitrie Gusti" prize for sociology offered by the Romanian Academy (1995) and the International Prize for Sociology of the University of Istanbul (2001). In 2009, the interim President of Moldova Mihai Ghimpu signed a decree on bestowing an "Order of Honour" () on Dan Dungaciu.