President Klaus Iohannis signed the decrees for the appointment of Dan-Horia Maxim as Romanian ambassador to China and Iulia Pataki as ambassador to Ethiopia and non-resident ambassador to Somalia.
Dan-Horia Maxim holds, from 2022, the position of seconded national expert, responsible for trade relations between the European Union and the South Asian region within the European Commission – Directorate General for Trade (DG TRADE).
Between 2014 and 2022, he was Head of the Trade Section within the Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union. He held the position of President of the Trade Policy Committee (CPC) in the format of Substitutes and Vice-President of the CPC in the format of Holders within the Council of the European Union during the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council (January – June 2019) within the Permanent Representation of Romania to the European Union.
He was a director in the Directorate of Bilateral Relations Europe and Central Asia, Department of Foreign Trade and International Relations of the Ministry of Economy (2013 – 2014). He also held, among others, the positions of economic advisor at the Embassy of Romania in the Swiss Confederation (2009-2013) and economic secretary at the Embassy of Romania in the French Republic (2002 – 2007).