Background
MACOVESCU, George was born on May 28, 1913 in Joseni, BuzAu District. Son of Nicolae and Maria Macoveseu.
Diplomat journalist politician writer
MACOVESCU, George was born on May 28, 1913 in Joseni, BuzAu District. Son of Nicolae and Maria Macoveseu.
Bucharest University.
In the 1930s George Macovescu wrote articles for several left-wing newspapers, such as Adevărul and Dimineața. In 1936 he joined the then illegal Communist Party of Romania, and after World World War II started, he supported the anti-Nazi forces in German-aligned Romania. After the war, Macovescu was the General Secretary of the Ministry of Information of Romania in 1945-1947.
He was then appointed Ambassador of Romania to the United Kingdom and served there from 1947 until 1949.
After he came back to Bucharest, Macovescu became the magistrate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania from 1949 through 1952. He then worked as the Chief Magistrate of the Romanian cinematography from 1955 until 1959.
In 1961, upon his return to Romania, he was appointed the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and in 1967 he became the First Deputy Minister subsequently becoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs on October 18, 1972. As the deputy minister and later minister, he took part in establishing better relations with Israel and tried to increase mediating role of Romania in Israeli-Egyptian conflict.
Macovescu served as Minister until 1978.
Macovescu also headed the Writers" Union of Romania from 1978 until 1982.
lieutenant was in this role in 1979, as a delegate to the XII Romanian Communist Party Congress representing the Writers" Union, that Macovescu rose to discr a dissident speech by Constantin Parvulescu which denounced Nicolae Ceaușescu"s leadership as party leader. Macovescu defended Ceaușescu and called on the delegates to "pretend that we didn"t even hear what Comrade Parvulescu said." From 1949 until 1981, he also taught at Department of Romanian Language and Literature of Bucharest University.
Romanian Communist Party since 1936, member Central Committee 1969-1984. Grand National Assembly 1969-1985. Academy, of Social and Political Sciences since 1970.
Writers’ Union of the Republic of Romania.
Married Emilia Grigorescu in 1963.