[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 66 (Friday, April 16, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E410-E411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 FAREWELL TO AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF ROMANIA, 
                         GEORGE CRISTIAN MAIOR

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                            HON. DEVIN NUNES

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 16, 2021

  Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, I rise today to bid farewell to Ambassador 
George C. Maior, who will be ending his posting as Romania's Ambassador 
to the United States at the end of May. After serving as Ambassador to 
the United States since 2015, he will be greatly missed by all who have 
had the pleasure of working with him. He has consistently devoted his 
impressive reserves of energy,

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enthusiasm, and wisdom in representing Romania, while working to 
develop the bilateral relationship between Romania and the United 
States.
  Ambassador Maior's diplomatic career spans three decades. He joined 
the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992 and served in the 
Department of Treaties and later the Department of Strategic Affairs. 
From 1997 to 1999, he served as the Charge D'affaires at the Romanian 
Embassy in Dublin, Ireland and in 2004, he was conferred the rank of 
Ambassador.
  Throughout his career, he has served in top positions dedicated to 
public service, including as State Secretary and head of the Department 
for Euro-Atlantic Integration and Defense Policy within the Romanian 
Ministry of National Defense.
  In November 2004, Ambassador Maior was elected as Senator in the 
Romanian Parliament, where he served as Chairman of the Committee for 
Defense, Public Order and National Security; member of the Joint 
Committee for the Parliamentary Oversight on the Foreign Intelligence 
Service Activity; and member of the Senate Committee for Human Rights, 
Cults and Minorities.
  In 2006, he was nominated to serve as the Director of the Romanian 
Intelligence Service (SRI). During his eight years as Director, the SRI 
bolstered its bilateral and multilateral partnerships with intelligence 
services around the world. Ambassador Maior was consistently recognized 
by the United States Government for his outstanding partnership and 
exceptional leadership in that position.
  I wish Ambassador Maior and his wife Anamaria the greatest success 
and happiness as he moves to his next assignment as Romania's 
Ambassador to Jordan. While he will be missed in the United States, I 
am confident he will continue to emphasize the strategic importance of 
the bilateral relationship between our two nations.

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