Ungureanu: From Salon Conversation To Secret Service And To The Lion’s Cage Of Politics
02.08.2012
Less than a year ago, in May 2011, when he was asked on TV if he would accept the job of prime minister, the head of Romania’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), Mihai Razvan-Ungureanu, gave a vague answer: “I can say that, wherever I am needed for the good of the country, I will be there.” Would he run for president? “I have no such temptations, I refuse such temptations.” Was it modesty? Or an accurate evaluation of chances? The latter is more likely.
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