Corneliu Bogdan (born Grumberg,
1921,
Moșoaia
Moșoaia is a Commune in Romania, commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bătrâni, Ciocănăi, Dealu Viilor, Hințești, Lăzărești, Moșoaia, and Smeura.
Natives
* Corneliu Bogdan (1921–1990), diplomat ...
,
Argeș County
Argeș County () is a county ('' județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești.
Demographics
On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2.
* Romanians – 97%
* Roma (Gypsi ...
- 2 January 1990,
Bucharest) was a Romanian
diplomat
A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...
, who was Romania's
ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
to the
United States between 1967 and 1976.
In his youth he was one of the leaders of the Romanian National Students' Union.
In 1989 he was a visiting scholar at the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
He was a minister of state at the
post-revolutionary Minister of Foreign Affairs (28 December 1989 to 2 January 1990).
Corneliu Bogdan was married with Emilia, with whom he had three children: Svetlana, Ileana and Olga.
He died of a
stroke
A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to stop functionin ...
, and is buried at the
Bellu cemetery in Bucharest.
Books
*''Sferele de influență'', București, Editura Politică, 1986 (with Eugen Preda)
* ''Spheres of Influence'' (cu Eugen Preda), Columbia University Press, (0-88033-961-6), traducere parțială a cărții în lb. română
References
External links
Obituaryin
The New York Times
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1921 births
1990 deaths
Ambassadors of Romania to the United States
Burials at Bellu Cemetery