What is Dinu C. Giurescu?
[[File:Dinu C. Giurescu 3.jpg|thumb|Dinu C. Giurescu]] '''Dinu C. Giurescu''' (15 February 1927 – 24 April 2018) was a [[Romania]]n historian and politician. He moved to the [[United States]] in 1988. His best known work was entitled ''The Razing of Romania's Past''. It was an analysis of the [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] regime's policy toward Romania. He returned from exile in 1990,<ref>Sorin Antohi, Balázs Trencsényi, Péter Apor (eds.), ''Narratives Unbound: Historical Studies in Post-Communist Eastern Europe'', p.356. Central European University Press, 2007</ref> whereupon he became a member of the [[Romanian Academy]].<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=149&cam=2&leg=2012&pag=0&idl=1 Curriculum vitae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425032107/http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=149&cam=2&leg=2012&pag=0&idl=1 |date=2018-04-25 }} at the Chamber of Deputies site; accessed 31 July 2013</ref> In 2012, he was elected to the [[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber of Deputies]] for a [[Bucharest]] seat, representing the [[Conservative Party (Romania)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{in lang|ro}} [http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=149&cam=2&leg=2012 2012- profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425032140/http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=149&cam=2&leg=2012 |date=2018-04-25 }} at the Chamber of Deputies site; accessed 31 July 2013</ref> Giurescu died in Bucharest of a [[heart attack]] on 24 April 2018 at the age of 91.<ref>[http://adevarul.ro/cultura/istorie/a-murit-istoricul-dinu-c-giurescu-1_5adf55efdf52022f75301fc7/index.html A murit istoricul Dinu C. Giurescu] {{in lang|ro}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Giurescu, Dinu}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Romanian politicians]] [[Category:Romanian historians]]