Prof. Dr. Ben-Oni
Ardelean
President of Political Leadership Academy
Vice-President of The National Liberal
Part / EPP & CDI
Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Policy
Dr. Ben-Oni is presently Vice-President of The National Liberal
Party (a conservative party of Romania, affiliated to European’s People Party
at EU level and Christian Democrats International – World-wide political
affiliation), Member of Romanian Parliament and Deputy Chair of the Foreign
Commission. He served for four years as Senator of Romania (2012-2016), then
twice elected for four years term as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies in
(2016-2020 & 2020-2024). While a Senator, he was elected as Secretary of
the Senate of Romania, and also Secretary of Senate’s Foreign Policy
Commission. Meanwhile he also served as Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe and Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the South
East European Cooperation Process. After 2016 election, Dr. Ardelean was twice
elected as Vice President of House of Deputies (2017-2018). His present roles
include Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Member of the
Romanian Parliamentary Delegation to NATO.
Dr. Ben-Oni live in Timișoara,
the well-known city where the anticommunist Revolution
started in Romania bringing freedom and democracy in this eastern-European
country in 1989, and he represents the western-Romanian region of Timiș in the
Romanian Parliament. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from SNSPA –
Bucharest and a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Bucharest, after
having completed doctoral research in Oxford University, UK, and Fuller
Seminary in Pasadena, California. Right after the
Revolution against the dictatorial regime of 1989, he was became active in
coordinating numerous charitable and humanitarian projects, providing supplies
and care for schools, hospitals, fire-stations, camps, remote areas population,
etc., in cooperation with North American and Western European’s short mission
teams and NGOs, operating in Eastern Europe. He was soon recognized as a
leading figure for human rights and freedom, organizing and speaking in
conferences, televised debates and talk shows, promoting a new leadership model
among conservatives for post-Communist countries. He is the author of several
books and numerous academic articles. Dr. Ben, as he is nicknamed by friends,
is highly preoccupied by supporting those in need, helping others to help
themselves, motivating people to live a life of purpose, love and
compassion.