Public and Political Career
Cristian Preda became a project manager of the branches of the Central and Eastern Europe Office of the Francophony University Agency (Agence universitaire pour la Francophonie) (October 2001-December 2002). From 2002, he is a member of regional commission of experts for this organisation.
Between March 1999 and December 2000, Cristian Preda was the presidential adviser for domestic policies of the Romanian President Emil Constantinescu.
On September 21, 2005 he was assigned junior ministry for Francophonie in the Romanian Foreign Ministry and personal representative of the Romanian President Traian Băsescu. In this quality, he took an important part in preparation of the Francophonie Summit in Bucharest, in September 2006.
On March 15, 2007 Cristian Preda became presidential adviser for education and research and continued to be the personal representative for Francophonie for President Traian Băsescu.
At the beginning of 2009, Cristian Preda decides to became a member of Liberal Democratic Party. He was nominated on the 4th position in the list of Liberal Democratic Party for the European Parliament elections on June 7, 2009. He was elected for a 5 years mandate and became a member in the Foreign Affairs Comity of the European Parliament. In June, 2012, Cristian Preda became a prime-vice president of Liberal Democratic Party.
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