30/08/2026
🏎️ Meet Ștefan Burbulea, IasiMUN XVIII’s Deputy President of the General Assembly, as he prepares to close the most defining chapter of his student years. Carried by the same restless ambition that got him here in the first place, he considers it an immense privilege to help organize, one last time, Romania’s finest Model United Nations, and to also pass the torch to those who will carry it forward.
This journey almost never happened. Back in 2023, life seemed determined to keep Stefan far from the world of MUNs, and further still from the friendships and memories it would go on to give him. Everything changed at IasiMUN XV, where he took his first real step into diplomacy and debate. From there, the path only grew steeper and more rewarding: IasiMUN XVI brought him the Best Delegate Award in DISEC, and IasiMUN XVII placed him, for the first time, in the very organizing team he now returns to. IasiMUN XVIII closes that circle: not as another edition, but as his farewell to the community that shaped him.
For Ștefan, this role was never just a title. It was always a chance to return what was once given to him: guidance, patience, and belief. As he steps away from the MUN world for good, he hopes to leave behind a little of that same spark in the delegates he meets. He warmly invites every prospective participant to join him and his colleagues in making this final edition one truly worth remembering.
“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” — Dr. Seuss
P.S. Thank you, and farewell… May life be as kind to you all as these years among you have been to me.