Education
Born in a boyar family of the Golești, he studied with his brothers (Nicolae and Radu) in Switzerland.
Born in a boyar family of the Golești, he studied with his brothers (Nicolae and Radu) in Switzerland.
After he returned, he joined the Wallachian Army and became a major in 1836. Ștefan was part of the delegation sent by the revolutionaries to Istanbul to negotiate the new constitution with the Ottoman Empire, Wallachia"s overlord.
Ștefan 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. Ștefan 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 Brătianu and served for about half a year as Prime Minister of Romania in a Liberal government.