page_title: Nineta Barbulescu
section_title: 2013-present (ambassador)
hierarchical_section_title: Nineta Barbulescu / Diplomatic career / 2013-present (ambassador)
caption_attribution_description: English: May 2014, H. E. Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu and ViceChair of OPCW Confidentiality Commission in front of the 2013 Nobel Prize awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague (Netherlands)
context_page_description: Nineta Bărbulescu is a Romanian career diplomat, and current ambassador of Romania to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Independent State of Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati Tuvalu and Nauru.
  She was appointed Ambassador to Australia in mid-2013 by then-President Traian Basescu. Previously working as the Director General for Export Controls Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bărbulescu started her career in 1992 at the Euro Atlantic Center - Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
context_section_description: After being appointed Director General for Export Controls in January 2013 (within Ministry of Foreign Affairs), she initiated a package of amendments to the Romanian Arms Export Controls Law (currently in force).
  Nineta also held the following positions in 2013 prior to becoming Ambassador;
  In March 2013, Vice-President of the Final UN Diplomatic Conference for adopting an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) in New York.
  In September 2013, Head of the Multinational delegation for the Australia Group Outreach mission in Republic of Moldova.
  She was appointed ambassador of Romania to Australia in October 2013. Later in April 2015, becoming non-resident ambassador to New Zealand. Barbulescu is the first Romanian Ambassador appointed to Pacific islands countries. In July 2018, presenting her credentials in Solomon Islands and Republic of Kiribati, and establishing diplomatic relationships.
   Early 2019 (January–March), she presented her credentials in Vanuatu, Samoa  and Fiji. In 2017, Bărbulescu opened the first Romanian Honorary Consulates in Perth, Western Australia , Adelaide and South Australia. In June 2018, a consular bureau was established (of Embassy of Romania) in Melbourne, Victoria, providing for the thousands of those of Romanian origins living in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.
  In December 2019 Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu became Dean of the Diplomatic Corp in Commonwealth of Australia  . In January 2020 Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu presented her Letter of Credence to HE Mrs. Teniku Talesa General Governor of Tuvalu and in March 2020 Ambassador Nineta Barbulescu presented her Letter of Credence to His Excellency Mr. Lionel Aingimea President of the Republic of Nauru
caption: May 2014, Barbulescu in front of the 2013 Nobel Prize awarded to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in the Hague (Netherlands)
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