CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Petre Crăciun
Head of the Press Department

Surname: CRĂCIUN Forename: PETRE Date and place of birth: august the 29th 1962, Giurgiu Contact:     Address: 37 Unirii Bvd., Block A4, sc.1, ground floor     Sector 3, Bucharest, Romania     Phone.: 0040-021-3235603     Fax: 0040-021-3266727     E-mail: petre.craciun@ana.gov.ro

Studies:
- The University of Bucharest, Faculty of History and Philosophy, History section, graduated in 1986; specialized in ancient history and archaeology. Graduation thesis on "Funeral rituals of the Geto-Dacians between the fifth and the first century B.C.".

Courses:
- Post-universitary course, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences, University of Bucharest
- "Mass-media relations for law enforcing institutions", organized by the U.S.A Department of Justice - F.B.I., 2002

Professional activities:
- 1986 - 1982: history teacher in Giurgiu county and to "Mihai Viteazul" National College, Ploieşti;
- 1992 - 1998: editor and editor-in-chief to "Argus" weekly newspaper, edited by Prahova County Police Inspectorate;
- oct. 1998 - jan. 1999: editor to the Radio Broadcasting Office of the Ministry of Interior;
- jan. 1999 - aug. 1999: editor to the "Romanian Police" weekly newspaper;
- aug. 1999 - may 2000: editor-in-chief to the "Romanian Police" weekly newspaper;
- jun. 2000 - sept. 2002: head of the Press Group of the Ministry of Interior, coordinating the activities of all the editorial offices in the Ministry of Interior (the magazines "For our Homeland" and "Romanian Police"; the Radio and the T.V. - Film Broadcasting Offices);
- sept. 2002 - aug. 2003: deputy of the chief of the Public Relations Department in the Ministry of Interior on press issues;
- since sept. 2003: responsible on public relations to National Antidrug Agency and editor-in-chief of the t.v.-show "Life is your choise" on Romania 1 T.V. Channel.

Activities in the field of PR and mass-media
- since may 2003: member of the leading board of the Romanian PR Association, the only professional organisation in the field
- author of the "Public Relations in the Ministry of Interior - Image and Reality" documentary, 2002. The film (30 min.) is the first one of this type in our country meant for personnel and managers training
- editor-in-chief and host of "Amprente", a Ministry of Interior T.V. show on Romania 1 T.V. Channel
- author of screenplay, editor-in-chief and host of "Misiune permanentă", a Ministry of Interior T.V. show on Romania International T.V. Channel (since oct. 2002). The T.V. show comprising topics in the field of Romania's European integration
- since oct. 2003, editor-in-chief and host of "Life is your choise", a National Antidrug Agency T.V. show on Romania 1 T.V. Channel
- manager of "Life is your choice" 's interactive web site - www.alegeviataana.ro
- manager of the National Antidrug Agency's official web site - www.ana.gov.ro

Edited works, and other activities:
- 1995 - detective story "Cureaua cu ţinte", "Neroandria" Publishing House
- 1996 - poems "Introspecţii", "Sinteze" Publishing House
- 1996 - detective story "Alarmă la Peleş", "Grafica prahoveană" Publishing House
- 1998 - "Poveştile de la bojdeucă", a collection comprising the works awarded to the "Ion Creangă" Fairy Tales Contest, in Iaşi, 1997, "Junimea" Publishing House
- 2001 - "Cuvânt dinlăuntru", essays, "Premier" Publishing House
- 2003 - "Floarea înţelepciunii şi iarba puterii", Fairy Tales, "Timpolis" Publishing House
- 2003 - "În spatele oglinzii", poems, "Europa Nova" Publishing House
- 2003 - "Alege viaţa, drogul înseamnă moarte", interviews, "Codecs" Publishing House. This is the first book published in Romania, about former and present-day drug consumers and the most important specialists in the field.
- 1995 - 1997 - screenplays for 12 detective movies, issued by the Romanian Television, in "Enigma" show.

Awards:
- 1997: the Great Award of the Writers Association in Iasi, for the first place in the "Ion Creangă" Fairy Tales Contest, the only competition of this type in our country.

Married with two children: Andrei (20 years old, a second grade student, to the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Political Sciences) and Cristian (16 years old, pupil of "Mihai Viteazul College", Bucharest).