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Paul BLUSTEIN
European Ideas Network
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Paul Blustein is an economic journalist and author. A resident of Kamakura, Japan, where he moved in
2010, he is a Non-Resident Fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings
Institution, and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Blustein attended Oxford University as a Rhodes
Scholar, receiving an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He spent much of his career as a
reporter for the Washington Post, including five years as a correspondent in Tokyo, and before that he
worked at the Wall Street Journal and Forbes Magazine. Among the prizes he has won for his work is
the Gerald Loeb Award, which recognizes distinguished business and economic journalism.
In his books Blustein has specialized in writing behind-the-scenes narratives about international
economic institutions such as the IMF and the WTO. His first book, The Chastening, chronicled the
financial crises that struck countries such as Thailand, Indonesia, South Korea, Russia and Brazil in the late 1990’s; his second, And the
Money Kept Rolling In (and Out), was about the Argentine crisis of 2000-2002; and his most recent book, Misadventures of the Most
Favored Nations, is an account of how the lofty hopes for global trade talks have ended in disappointment. He is currently working on a
book about the international aspects of the global financial crisis.
Anca BOAGIU
September 2010 - Minister of Transport and Infrastructure
December 2008-September 2010 Vice-president of the Romanian Senate
Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for European Affairs
Chairperson of the Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group with Germany
Member of the Senate’s Education Commission
August 2005 - April 2007 Minister of European Integration
December 2004 –November 2008 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Bucharest constituency;
Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for European Integration (until May 2006)
Secretary of the Commission for Industries and Services (until October 2005)
Member of the Romanian Parliamentary Friendship Group with Germany;
Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Italy;
Member of the Romania – European Union Joint Parliamentary Committee;
Member of the European Parliamentary Network;
Member of the Commission for European Integration;
December 2000 - November 2004 Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Bucharest Constituency;
Deputy Chairperson of the Commission for European Integration
Secretary of the Commission for European Integration
Coordinator of the Equal Opportunities Subcommittee
Member of the Commission for Industry and Services;
Member of the Parliamentary Friendship Group with Tunisia;
Representative of the Democratic Party in the European Parliament Working Group on the Stability Pact;
Member of the Romania - European Union Joint Parliamentary Committee;
Member of the European Parliamentary Network
Member of the Bureau of the European Parliamentary Gender Network
Jun-December 2000 Minister of Transport
May 1999 – June 2000
Director – Administrator of externally financed projects - Project Management Unit for Economic Reform.
Director - Enterprise Restructuring and Employment Conversion Program (RICOP)
Administrator of Externally Funded Projects – Ministry of Transport
May 1997 – May 1999
Purchasing Expert for PHARE Program - Ministry of Transport
Expert (Contracts Department) - National Administration of Roads, Department of Externally Financed Programs.
July 1995-January 1996 Construction Site Supervisor
December 1994-June 1995 Assistant to the Director General
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