Curriculum vitae Claudiu-Richard TÂRZIU

Education (qualifications and diplomas)

2002-2007 : Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political and Administrative Sciences, Bucharest

1994-1999 : Faculty of Law, Mihai Eminescu University, Iași

1987-1991 : Anghel Saligny School, Bacău

Professional career

2024-... : Member of the European Parliament

2022-... : President of the Mihai Eminescu Institute for Conservative Political Studies

2020-2024 : Member of the Romanian Senate, leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) in the Senate

2005-... : President of the association ‘Rost’ (‘Meaning’)

04/2012-12/2020 : Marketing Director at Cosânzeana Edit Pres Srl

12/2006-12/2020 : Commentator with the weekly paper ‘Formula As’, Bucharest

2002-2012 : Editor of the monthly Christian and political cultural journal ‘Rost’, Bucharest

2001-2002 : Chief investigative journalist with the daily paper ‘Cotidianul’, Bucharest

1999-2001 : Editor-in-chief of the monthly political magazine ‘Crezul nostru’, Bacău

2000-2001 : Bacău correspondent for the daily paper ‘Evenimentul zilei’

2000-2000 : Special reporter with the weekly paper ‘Impartial’, Bacău

1998-1999 : Editor-in-chief of the week ‘Imparțial’, Bacău

1995-1998 : Head of the politico-administrative section of the daily paper ‘Monitorul de Bacău’

1994-1999 : Bacău correspondent for the national daily ‘Ziua’, Bucharest

1994-2000 : Radio Free Europe worker

1994-1995 : Deputy editor of the daily paper ‘Ultima oră’

1993-1994 : Deputy editor of the daily paper ‘Ziua’

1993-1994 : Bacău correspondent for the national daily ‘Evenimentul zilei’

Political career

Offices held in a political party or national trade union

27/03/2022-... : President of the National Steering Council of the AUR

24/01/2020-27/03/2022 : Co-President of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR)

Offices held in a national parliament

22/12/2020-10/07/2024 : Chair of the Committee on Romanians Living Abroad and member of the Senate Committee on Defence, Public Order and National Security

21/12/2020-10/07/2024 : Leader of the AUR group in the Senate

06/12/2020-10/07/2024 : Member of the Romanian Senate

Offices held in the EU institutions

16/07/2024-... : Member of the European Parliament

Other activities

2022-... : President of the Mihai Eminescu Institute for Conservative Political Studies

2005-... : President of the association ‘Rost’ (‘Meaning’), Bucharest

2015-2017 : Member of the national Coordination council of the campaign conducted by the Coalition for the Family to amend the constitution to ensure a clearer definition of the notion of family in the fundamental law of the state

2013-2017 : Representative of the association ‘Rost’ in the Coalition for the Family and the Constitution

2008-2010 : Member of the Coordination council of the Romanian Orthodox Forum

29/11/2008 : Founder of ‘Forul Ortodox Român’ (Romanian Orthodox Forum)

29/11/2008 : Main organiser of the Conference of Romanian Orthodox Lay Associations, regrouping over 60 NGOs with a cultural and civic bent rooted in Orthodox Christianity

2008 : Member of the steering committee of the Romanian Association of Christian Journalists and Editors

2005 : Trainer in investigative journalism at the Association for the Protection and Promotion of Freedom of Expression; I attended a peripatetic course at the universities of Suceava, Bacău, Galați, Ploiești, Constanța, Craiova, Brașov and Sibiu

2005 : Member of the Association for the Protection and Promotion of Freedom of Expression

2002-2005 : Vice-President of the ‘Romfest XXI’ association, Iași-Bucharest

1997-2001 : President of the Bacău branch of the ‘Buna Vestire’ cultural foundation

1993 : Member of the Association of Professional Journalists

Honours

Order of Sfântul Voievod Ștefan cel Mare (Holy Prince Stephen the Great), third grade, awarded by the Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Bessarabia, for work in promoting and supporting the church

Cross of Bălțeană, the highest distinction for lay people, awarded by the Orthodox Bishop of Bălți (Bessarabia)

Order of Sfântul Voievod Ștefan cel Mare, first grade, the highest distinction for lay people, awarded by the Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop of Bessarabia, for work in promoting and supporting the church