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Honorary doctorate of laws recipient
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Emil Boc |
Emil Boc has been prime minister of Romania since 2008, after serving two terms as mayor of Cluj-Napoca and four years as a member of Romania’s parliament, the Chamber of Deputies.
As mayor and a member of parliament, he was instrumental in Romania’s move to membership in the European Union.
Boc’s political roots began at MSU as a visiting scholar. While on campus, he interned for the Michigan Legislature and co-directed the Michigan /Transylvanian Political Leadership Program. The program yielded a partnership between East Lansing and Cluj-Napoca, and therefore the main universities of the two cities: MSU and Babes-Bolyai University.
More than 10 years later, it continues to foster cultural and academic exchange.
Boc has taught at several universities around the world, and has held various party positions, including president of the National Democratic Party of Romania.
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