Daniel Barbu
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Daniel Barbu | |
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Minister of Culture | |
In office 21 December 2012 – 12 December 2013 | |
President | Traian Băsescu |
Prime Minister | Victor Ponta |
Preceded by | Puiu Hașotti |
Succeeded by | Gigel Știrbu |
Member of the Senate of Romania | |
In office 19 December 2012 – December 2016 | |
Constituency | 42-Bucharest, Electoral district no. 5 |
Personal details | |
Born | Bucharest, Romanian People's Republic | 21 May 1957
Died | 18 March 2024 | (aged 66)
Resting place | Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest |
Political party | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) |
Alma mater | Bucharest National University of Arts Babeș-Bolyai University University of Bucharest |
Profession | Political scientist, publisher, essayist, journalist and professor |
Website | danielbarbu |
Daniel-Constantin Barbu (21 May 1957 – 18 March 2024) was a Romanian political scientist, publisher, essayist, journalist, and professor at the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Political Science. The head of the Research Institute at the University of Bucharest, and former dean of the Faculty, he was also director of Realitatea Românească, a daily newspaper, in 1991–1992. Barbu worked as a State Adviser for President Emil Constantinescu between 1997 and 1999. He was the author as of June 2007 of eight books and many more articles on political science, and a contributor to the magazine Sfera Politicii. He was also a member of the Romanian Senate from Bucharest and a Minister of Culture.
Biography
Early years
Barbu was born in
Post-1989
After the
Barbu was a visiting professor at the
Barbu specialised in the Comparative History of European Civilizations, Political Science and Comparative Political Science, Social and Political Models of the State, Minorities and Confessional Groups in Romania, Constitutions, Government, and Politics in Europe, Totalitarian Regimes, Communisme et Socialisme d'État, and Political Anthropology.
In 2004, the
Barbu died on 18 March 2024, at the age of 66.[4] His funeral mass was held at Saint Joseph Cathedral and he was buried at Bellu Catholic Cemetery.[5]
Latest works
- Die abwesende Republik [The Absent Republic], Frank & Timme, Berlin, 2009.
- Politica pentru barbari [Politics for the Barbarians], Nemira, Bucharest, 2005.
- Republica absentă. Politică și societate în România postcomunistă [The Absent Republic. Politics and Society in Post-Communist Romania], 2nd edition (revisited), Nemira, Bucharest, 2004.
- Bizanț contra Bizanț. Explorări în cultura politică românească [Byzantium contra Byzantium. Exploring Romanian political culture], Nemira, Bucharest, 2001 (1st ed. 1999).
- O arheologie constituțională românească. Studii şi documente [A Romanian constitutional archeology. Studies and documents], Editura Universităţii din București, București, 2000.
- Byzance, Rome et les Roumains. Essais sur la production politique de la foi au Moyen Âge [Byzantium, Rome, and the Romanians. Essays on the political production of faith in the Middle Ages], Éditions Babel, Bucarest, 1998.
- Șapte teme de politică românească [Seven Themes of Romanian Politics], Antet, Bucharest, 1997.
- Au cetățenii suflet? O teologie politică a societăților post-seculare, Editura Vremea, București, 2016.
References
- ^ Rus, Mirela (5 May 2004). "Nereguli în derularea unui program PHARE". BBC Romania. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "Serious Irregularities Found in Phare-funded Program". Daily Bulletin of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ B1 (2 November 2012). "Daniel Barbu, candidat USL la alegeri: "Neregulile de care am fost acuzat privind fondurile Phare, doar o neînțelegere. Era și Victor Ponta mai tânăr pe atunci"". B1 TV. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "A murit Daniel Barbu, fostul ministru al Culturii". Digi24. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- ^ "Daniel Barbu, fost ministru al Culturii, a murit la vârsta de 66 de ani". Hotnews. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
Sources
- (in Romanian) Profile at the University of Bucharest site. Retrieved 5 July 2007
- (in Romanian) Profile at the Faculty of Political Sciences (University of Bucharest)
External links
- Daniel Barbu, Political Science in Romania, Country Report 1, at the Knowledge Base Social Sciences in Eastern Europe.
- (in Romanian) [Profile at the Faculty of Political Sciences (University of Bucharest)]. Retrieved October 2010.
- (in Romanian) Profile at the University of Bucharest site. Retrieved 5 July 2007
- Ion Cordoneanu, Marius Velică, Religion and Modernity in the Romanian Public Space, paper presented at the conference "Secularism and Beyond – Comparative Perspectives" (29 May – 1 June 2007) at the University of Copenhagen (references to the works of Daniel Barbu).
- Marius Jucan, Review of: Daniel Barbu, Politica pentru barbari, Nemira, Bucharest, 2005, in Journal For the Study of Religions and Ideologies, no. 13, Spring 2006.