Zoe Petre Explained

Zoe Petre
Birth Name:Zoe Condurachi
Birth Date:23 August 1940
Birth Place:Bucharest
Death Place:Bucharest
Nationality:Romanian
Occupation:Classicist
Politician
Alma Mater:University of Bucharest
Thesis Year:1978
Thesis Title:The Formation of the Democratic Thinking in Ancient Greece
Main Interests:Classics
Ancient Greece

Zoe Petre (23 August 1940 - 1 September 2017) was a Romanian classical scholar and politician.[1]

From 1986 Petre was Dean of the Faculty of History at the University of Bucharest,[2] and from 1996 to 2000 she was a presidential advisor to the Romanian president Emil Constantinescu.

She was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French state with the rank of Commander in 1999 and the Order of the Dannebrog by the Danish state with rank of Grand Cross in 2000.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Fostul consilier prezidenţial Zoe Petre a murit la 77 de ani . Adevarul.ro . Romanian . 1 September 2017.
  2. News: Zoe Petre, in memory . 5 September 2017 . evz.ro.
  3. News: Zoe Petre a încetat din viață . 1 September 2017 . Șerban Georgescu. RFI Vocile Lumii.