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Date
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Monday, 6 June 2011
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Venue
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Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
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Speaker
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H.E. Mr Traian Băsescu
President of Romania
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Discussant
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Professor Vladimir Tismăneanu
Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Maryland
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Chair
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Professor Kevin Featherstone
Eleftherios Venizelos Professor of Contemporary Greek Studies & Professor of European Politics
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Traian Băsescu is president of Romania. He was first elected to the post in December 2004, and was re-elected to a second 5-year term in 2009. He has previously served as mayor of Bucharest, and minister of transportation in the Ciorbea, Vasile, Isărescu, Roman and Stolojan governments.
Prior to joining the government, he was a marine officer and merchant navy captain for the Romanian commercial fleet, having graduated in 1976 from the 'Mircea cel Bătrân' Civil Maritime Institute.
Vladimir Tismăneanu is professor of comparative politics and director of the Center for the Study of Post-communist Societies, University of Maryland. He also serves as president of the scientific council of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile, Bucharest.
PHOTO GALLERY
Professor Featherstone, Co-Chair of LSEE, greets H.E. Mr Traian Băsescu
Mr Băescu signs the LSE Visitors Book, a tradition for visiting dignitaries
The President chats with Professors Rees, Featherstone and Tismăneanu and the organisers of the LSEE Ghiţă Ionescu Memorial Lecture, Drs James Ker-Lindsay and John Gledhill
Mr Băsescu delivers his speech
An eclectic audience of ambassadors, academics, journalists and students listens
to Mr Băsescu's lecture
A packed Old Theatre welcomed the President