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.^[3]

Poede was between 1979 and 1990 a university assistant in the chair of scientific socialism of the faculty of history and philosophy of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași.^[4][5] In 1990-91 he became a lector in the department of sociology and politics. In 1996 he earned a doctorate with a thesis on Domination and Power in Max Weber's Thought under the supervision of Petre Dumitrescu.^[6] He became associate professor in 2002 and full professor in 2006.^[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.^[10] He retired at the end of the 2016-2017 academic year.^[11] His areas of academic interest in the field of political philosophy have included the theory of knowledge and theories of power.^[12] One year after his retirement, he was granted the title of professor emeritus.^[13]