 Dăianu is also a member of the European Council for Foreign Relations, since 2012.He was the Finance Minister of Romania between December 5, 1997 and September 23, 1998, in the governments of Victor Ciorbea and Radu Vasile.He was dismissed because he refused to endorse a controversial deal with Bell Helicopter Textron to purchase 96 "AH-1RO Dracula" attack helicopters (a variant of AH-1 Cobra), in order to help modernize the armed forces.