Gheorghe Costa-Foru was a lawyer, university professor and Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Life and career

A graduate of Law School at Sorbonne University, Costa-Foru became the author of contemporary education system in Romania. He was one of the initiators of a large university palace complex construction at Bucharest University which was started in 1857. In 1864, he was appointed the rector of the university by the decree of Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
From March 11, 1871 to April 27, 1873, Costa-Foru served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and in 1873, he was the Romanian envoy to Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

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