Dinu C. Giurescu (15 February 1927 – 24 April 2018) was a Romanian historian and politician.

Biography

He was born in Bucharest in 1927, the son of historian Constantin C. Giurescu. After attending the Saint Sava High School, he graduated from the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

's Faculty of History in 1950, and obtained his PhD in history from the same university in 1968. That year he became a professor at the

Bucharest National University of Arts The National University of Arts in Bucharest () is a university in Bucharest preparing students in fine arts. The National University of Arts is a higher education institution in Bucharest. History The National School of Fine Arts was founded ...

, where he taught until 1987. Giurescu emigrated to the United States in 1988, where he published ''The Razing of Romania's Past'', an analysis of the

Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu ( ; ; – 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the second and last Communism, communist leader of Socialist Romania, Romania, serving as the general secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 u ...

regime's policy toward the country's architectural heritage. He returned from exile in 1990, whereupon he became a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, and a titular member in 2001. From 1990 to 2011 he was a professor of history at the University of Bucharest. In 2012, he was elected to the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ...

for a Bucharest seat, representing the Conservative Party.2012- profile
at the Chamber of Deputies site; accessed 31 July 2013 He died of

myocardial infarction A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when Ischemia, blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle. The most common symptom ...

at his home in Bucharest in 2018.

Publications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Giurescu, Dinu 1927 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Romanian historians 21st-century Romanian historians Titular members of the Romanian Academy Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Conservative Party (Romania) politicians Romanian expatriates in the United States University of Bucharest alumni Academic staff of the Bucharest National University of Arts Saint Sava National College alumni Politicians from Bucharest