| Ștefan Golescu | |
| Order: | 8th Prime Minister of Romania |
| Term Start: | 26 November 1867 |
| Term End: | 12 May 1868 |
| Predecessor: | Constantin A. Crețulescu |
| Successor: | Nicolae Golescu |
| Title1: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Term Start1: | 1 March 1867 |
| Term End1: | 5 August 1867 |
| Primeminister1: | Constantin A. Crețulescu |
| Predecessor1: | George Barbu Știrbei |
| Successor1: | Alexandru Teriachiu |
| Term Start2: | 13 November 1867 |
| Term End2: | 30 April 1868 |
| Primeminister2: | himself |
| Predecessor2: | Alexandru Teriachiu |
| Successor2: | Nicolae Golescu |
| Office3: | Minister of Internal Affairs |
| Term Start3: | 17 August 1867 |
| Term End3: | 13 November 1867 |
| Predecessor3: | Ion C. Brătianu |
| Successor3: | Ion C. Brătianu |
| Birth Place: | Câmpulung, Wallachia |
| Death Date: | 27 August |
| Death Place: | Nancy, France |
Ștefan Golescu (1809–1874) was a Wallachian Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for two terms from 1 March 1867 to 5 August 1867 and from 13 November 1867 to 30 April 1868, and as Prime Minister of Romania between 26 November 1867 and 12 May 1868.
Golescu was the son of writer, educationist and pioneer Romanian nationalist, Dinicu Golescu. Born in Câmpulung into a boyar family of the Golești, he studied with his brothers (Nicolae and) in Switzerland. After he returned, he joined the Wallachian Army and became a major in 1836. With his brother he also joined the Philharmonic Society, a society similar to the Freemasonry.[1]
Ștefan Golescu was involved in the triggering of the 1848 Wallachian revolution, participating in the Islaz gathering of 9 June 1848, when he became a member of the Provisional Government, serving as Minister of Justice.
During the writing of the new constitution, he supported Nicolae Bălcescu's idea of universal suffrage, while his brother, Nicolae, favoured less expansive participation. Ștefan Golescu was part of the delegation sent by the revolutionaries to Istanbul to negotiate the new constitution with the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia's overlord.
Golescu was a member of the Wallachian assembly that elected Alexandru Ioan Cuza as prince of both Wallachia and Moldavia (1859). Afterwards, he was a member of the Liberal Party of Ion C. Brătianu and served for about half a year as Prime Minister of Romania in a Liberal government.