Teodor Meleșcanu has been holding office as minister of foreign affairs since January 4th, 2017. This is his third term in office, having previously held this position between 1992 and 1996, and in November 2014. He holds the diplomatic rank of ambassador since 1996.

Minister Meleșcanu has an extensive political and administrative experience. He was a three times senator for the Prahova constituency in the Romanian Parliament, re-elected in 2016, and has held numerous high-level positions in the administration. His broad foreign affairs experience also extends to national security matters. He was minister for defence between 2007 and 2008 and has served as State Advisor on defence and security matters in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in 2015. Between 2012 and 2014 he led the Foreign Intelligence Service of Romania (SIE) as director of the agency.

Between 1966 and 1990 he held various diplomatic functions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the Legal and Treaty Directorate. In August 1990 he was appointed undersecretary of state in this ministry.

Teodor Meleșcanu is a professor at the doctoral school of the National School of Political Sciences and Public Administration since 2013 and was a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Bucharest between 1992 and 2013. He has written a substantial number of works and scientific publications dealing with international law and diplomacy.

Teodor Meleșcanu graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest in 1964 and took postgraduate studies in international relations at the University of Bucharest and the International Institute for High International Studies from Geneva. He holds a PhD in social and political science, specializing in international law, from the University of Geneva since 1973. He is deputy chairman of the Association for International Law and International Relations (ADIRI) in Bucharest and a member of the Institute for Political Studies in Bucharest.