Mihnea Berindei

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Mihnea Berindei
Born
Mihnea Berindei

(1948-03-22)22 March 1948
Bucharest, Romania
Died19 June 2016(2016-06-19) (aged 68)
Venice, Italy
NationalityRomanian
Citizenship
  • Romanian
  • French
OccupationHistorian
Parent

Mihnea Berindei (22 March 1948 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian-born French historian.[1][2]

He was born in Bucharest, the son of historian Dan Berindei, and studied at the Faculty of History of the University of Bucharest from 1966 to 1970. Under the guidance of Mihail Guboglu [ro], he learned old Turkic and became interested in the study of the Ottoman Empire. He went to Turkey to find documentation, and then went to Paris, where he studied at the École pratique des hautes études, graduating in 1972.

After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Berindei was instrumental in the creation of the Group for Social Dialogue. After 2000, he participated in the restitution for historians of the archives of the Romanian Communist Party and was a member of the Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania.[2]

On 22 June 2016, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis awarded post-mortem to Berindei the National Order of Faithful Service, Knight rank.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Purcărea, Doroteea. "Istoricul Mihnea Berindei a murit". agerpres.ro. Agerpres. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Historian Mihnea Berindei dead at 68". agerpres.ro. Agerpres. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Istoricul Mihnea Berindei, decorat post-mortem de președintele Iohannis". agerpres.ro (in Romanian). Agerpres. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2022.