Ambassador Ciamba, Secretary of State for Bilateral and Strategic Affairs in the Euro-Atlantic Area, is a career diplomat who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania in 1990. In 2016, as a Special Representative for Economic Diplomacy, he contributed to promoting and developing economic projects of strategic interests to Romania. Since 2012, he has served as Secretary of State for European Affairs. He represented Romania as an ambassador in Athens (2005–2012) and in Ankara (1999–2003), and served as Secretary of State for Multilateral and Global Affairs in the MFA (2003–2005).