George Poede is a Romanian political philosopher, professor emeritus at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași.
[2] In 2016 he was nominated by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of France for the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.
In 1996 he earned a doctorate with a thesis on Domination and Power in Max Weber's Thought under the supervision of Petre Dumitrescu.
[7] In 2007 he obtained his habilitation to supervise doctoral research,[8] and has supervised numerous doctorates since that time,[9] including those of notable political figures such as Taulant Balla.
In 2008 he ran for rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, losing to Vasile Isan.