Calin Georgescu is Writing History in Romania

Opponents created a false biography of him, presenting him as the son of Teoharie Georgescu, a notorious character from the period of Romania’s sovietization. In reality, he was born 62 years ago, in the Cotroceni district, in the family of Scarlat Georgescu (agronomist engineer, author of a Land Cadastre manual for agricultural high schools in RSR for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades -a) and of Aneta Georgescu (nee Popescu, clerk at the Geodesy Institute and, in the 60s, secretary of the Minister of Agriculture). Călin Georgescu was recognized as the first Romanian member of the Club of Rome, actually a member of the Austrian branch, where he lived for a long time. His opponents, constantly arguing, secured the ground for his stage victory, which may be decisive in two weeks’ time.

Călin Georgescu was born on March 26, 1962, in Bucharest and completed his higher studies at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest, majoring in Land Improvement, after which he obtained a doctorate in Pedology at the same university. He also graduated from the “National Security and Defense – Geopolitics and Geostrategy” postgraduate program of the “Carol I” National Defense College. He started his professional career in the graduated specialty, that of agronomist, more precisely pedologist, the same job as Sorin Câmpeanu. In 1991, he would become an adviser to the Minister of Environment, Marcian Bleahu, in the cabinet led by Theodor Stolojan. In the period 1997-1998, he became secretary general of this minister. Between 2000 and 2011 he was executive director of the National Center for Sustainable Development. He coordinated the government teams that created the National Sustainable Development Strategy.

In 2004-2005 he was a director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in the period 2006-2012 he held the position of executive director at the Institute of Projects for Innovation and Development. During the government crisis of 2011, Traian Băsescu pulled his name out of the hat as a possible successor to Emil Boc, who fell completely out of favor with Romanians after salary cuts. Georgescu slapped the president, saying that he is not interested in the head of the government.

Last year, the idea of ​​him being the AUR candidate for the presidency was floated. A reference to the former captain, made on Realitatea, took him out of the internal race. The prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case against him, invoking the provisions of the anti-legionary law, promoted in Parliament by Crin Antonescu, at a time when he was dreaming of becoming head of state. Before being a globalist or any other labels, Călin Georgescu is a great Romanian. He has real chances to become the new president of Romania, only if he plays the final with Elena Lasconi.

By Marius Ghilezan