Zoe Petre

Zoe Petre
Born
Zoe Condurachi

(1940-08-23)23 August 1940
Bucharest
Died1 September 2017(2017-09-01) (aged 77)
Bucharest
NationalityRomanian
Occupation(s)Classicist
Politician
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Bucharest
ThesisThe Formation of the Democratic Thinking in Ancient Greece (1978)
Academic work
Main interestsClassics
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.[1]

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]

Select Bibliography

  • 1993. Civilizaţia greacă şi originile democraţiei I. Bucharest.
  • 1994. Societatea greacă arhaică şi clasică. Bucharest.
  • 2000. Vîrsta de bronz. Bucharest.
  • 2000. Cetatea greacă, între real şi imaginar. Bucharest.

References

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