Stan has been working for the Foreign Ministry since 1978.
Between 1993 and 1997, he was a diplomatic advisor with the Romanian embassy in Washington DC, and between 2000 and 2005, he was the ambassador to Tehran. Stan returned to Romania and worked for the Ministry until 2007, when he was appointed ambassador to Libya.
He was decorated by Defense Minister Gabriel Oprea for his part in the evacuation of several hundred Romanian citizens from Libya this spring.