Ms. Maria Cristina Liliana IONITA took office as the Representative of Romania on the ICAO Council in August 2023, being the Alternate Representative of Romania since March 2023.
She has an extensive experience of more than 25 years in the civil aviation field, activating in leadership roles
in a wide spectrum of aviation domains such as: air operations, aerodromes, and in the last 10 years, regulations and oversight of the Air Navigation Service Provider in Romania, in the Romanian Aeronautical Authority, having knowledge also in safety management, air transport policies and statistics or the Air Navigation Services performance and charging scheme in the Single European Sky.
Ms. IONITA represented Romania as a member in several Working Groups or part of the Romanian delegations at many bilateral and multilateral meetings and negotiations at International and European level, being
the Manager or Focal Point on different aviation subjects in relation with ICAO, European Commission, EUROCONTROL, EASA, Performance Review Body of the European Commission, also collaborating over
the years with International associations like IATA and International telecommunication companies like SITA.
Ms. IONITA graduated the Faculty of Airspace Engineering - Politechnica University of Bucharest obtaining
a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in aviation (1991 -1997) and later on graduated the Faculty
of Juridical, Political and Administrative sciences - Spiru Haret University of Bucharest obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and European Studies (2014 - 2017), encompassed by several courses
in aviation, audit and project management.
Ms. IONITA was born in Bucharest, Romania. She is married and has two children.