sentences:  Corlățean was born in Medgidia, and graduated from the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Law in 1994.He also earned a certificate from the International Institute of the École nationale d'administration in Paris (1995).Between 1994 and 2001, Corlățean worked as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before joining Prime Minister Adrian Năstase's Chancellery in 2001-2003 (first as Adviser on Foreign Policy Issues, and, after 2003, as Secretary of State for the Romanian Diaspora).