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Theodor Paleologu (born July 15, 1973) is a Romanian historian, diplomat and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L), he has been a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest since 2008. In the Emil Boc cabinet, he has been Minister of Culture, Religious Affairs and Cultural Heritage, also since 2008.
He is married to the former Sarah Nassif, a French opera singer of Lebanese origin. The two are separated and have one son, Mihail.
Biography
The son of Olimpia and Alexandru Paleologu, he was born in Bucharest and completed secondary studies at the city's German High School. He then attended University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne from 1992 to 1998, where he obtained undergraduate and master's degrees in Philosophy. He also attended the École Normale Supérieure from 1996 to 2001, and from 1998 to 2001, worked on a doctorate in political sciences at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He was a lecturer at Boston College from 1999 to 2000, a visiting professor at Deep Springs College in 2003, and a research fellow at the University of Notre Dame (2001-2002), New York University (2002), Harvard University (2002-2003) and the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin (2005). He was an external lecturer at the University of Copenhagen in 2007 and 2008, and since 2003 has been assistant professor and director of the summer university at the European College of Liberal Arts in Berlin. Between 2005 and 2008, he served as Romania's ambassador to Denmark and Iceland; he resigned from the office in order to pursue his successful parliamentary campaign. In the Chamber, he sits on the Arts, Culture and Mass Media Committee. As minister, his top priority is the preservation of Romania's historic monuments.
He has written two books, one on Carl Schmitt (2004) and one on the year 2004 in Romanian politics (2005).
Notes
- Template:Ro icon "Paleologu jr. - amintirile unui tânăr ambasador" ("Paleologu, Jr. - Memories of a Young Ambassador"), Evenimentul Zilei, 21 May 2006, retrieved March 3, 2009
- ^ Template:Ro icon Cezar Paul-Bădescu, "Theodor Paleologu, ministrul Culturii: 'Duc o luptă de gherilă în domeniul patrimoniului'" ("Theodor Paleologu, Minister of Culture: 'I Am Leading a Guerrilla Fight in the Cultural Heritage Field'", Adevărul, 3 February 2009, retrieved March 3, 2009
- Template:Ro icon About Me, retrieved March 3, 2009
- ^ Template:Ro icon Profile at the Romanian Government site, retrieved March 3, 2009
- Template:Ro icon "Theodor Paleologu - biografie" ("Theodor Paleologu - Biography"), Adevărul, 18 December 2008, retrieved March 3, 2009
- Template:Ro icon Profile at the Romanian Chamber of Deputies site, retrieved March 3, 2009
- Template:Ro icon "Paleologu spune că va îmbunătăţi legislaţia pentru protejarea patrimoniului naţional" ("Paleologu Says He Will Improve Legislation for Protecting the Nation's Cultural Heritage"), Adevărul, 23 January 2009, retrieved March 3, 2009
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Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Bucharest
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- University of Paris alumni
- University of Notre Dame faculty
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