Luminița Odobescu
Luminița Odobescu | |
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Odobescu in 2024 | |
| Presidential Advisor | |
| Assumed office February 13, 2025 | |
| President | Ilie Bolojan (interim) |
| State Advisor for Foreign Policy and Security – Prime Minister's Chancellery | |
| In office January 2025 – February 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Marcel Ciolacu |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office June 15, 2023 – December 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Marcel Ciolacu |
| Preceded by | Bogdan Aurescu |
| Presidential Advisor - Department of European Affairs | |
| In office November 2021 – June 2023 | |
| President | Klaus Iohannis |
| Permanent Representative of Romania to the European Union | |
| In office August 2015 – November 2021 | |
| State Advisor for European Affairs and Foreign Policy – Prime Minister's Chancellery | |
| In office November 2012 – August 2015 | |
| State Secretary for European Affairs – Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office February 2012 – November 2012 | |
| Director General European Union / Minister Counselor, MFA | |
| In office June 2008 – February 2012 | |
| Advisor, EU Policies Directorate, MFA | |
| In office December 2007 – June 2008 | |
| Advisor, General Directorate for Trade Policies - Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce, Tourism, and Liberal Professions | |
| In office August 2007 – December 2007 | |
| Advisor/Mertens at the Permanent Representation of Romania to the EU, Brussels | |
| In office September 2002 – August 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 May 1969 Reghin, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Spouse | Șerban Odobescu |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | National Order of Merit (2007) Legion of Honour (2015) Order of the Star of Romania (2019) Grand Cross of Merit with Star (2023) |
Luminița-Teodora Odobescu (born 3 May 1969) is a Romanian career diplomat. She serves as Presidential Adviser for the interim President of Romania, starting 13 February 2025. Between January and February 2025, she held the position of State Adviser for Foreign Policy and Security within the Chancellery of the Prime Minister.
From June 2023 to December 2024, Odobescu served as Romania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. An ambassador and career diplomat, she previously held the position of Presidential Advisor for European Affairs, also coordinating the Foreign Policy Department (November 31, 2021 – June 15, 2023).
She was Romania’s Permanent Representative to the European Union from 2015 to 2021 and led the Permanent Representation during Romania’s first Presidency of the Council of the European Union (January–June 2019).