:Lazăr Comănescu

{{Short description|Romanian diplomat and politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Lazăr Comănescu

| image = Lazăr Comănescu.jpg

| office = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| primeminister = Dacian Cioloș

| term_start = 17 November 2015

| term_end = 4 January 2017

| predecessor = Bogdan Aurescu

| successor = Teodor Meleșcanu

| primeminister1 = Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu

| term_start1 = 15 April 2008

| term_end1 = 22 December 2008

| predecessor1 = Adrian Cioroianu

| successor1 = Cristian Diaconescu

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1949|6|4}}

| birth_place = Horezu, Romania

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Independent

| education = Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies
Paris-Sorbonne University

| caption = Comănescu in 2016

}}

Lazăr Comănescu ({{IPA|ro|ˈlazər koməˈnesku}}; born 6 June 1949) is a Romanian diplomat who served as Foreign minister of Romania from 2015 to 2017 and in 2008 as part of the National Liberal Party of Romania.{{cite news |author=Roxana Dumitru |date=14 April 2008 |title=Lăzăr Comănescu, noul ministru de Externe |publisher=Evenimentul Zilei |url=http://evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/799696/Lazar-Comanescu-noul-ministru-de-Externe/}}{{cite news |author=Alexandra-Livia Dordea, Romulus Georgescu |date=15 April 2008 |title=Lazăr Comănescu a depus jurământul |publisher=Evenimentul Zilei |url=http://evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/799836/Lazar-Comanescu-a-depus-juramantul/}} He has been serving as Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation since 2021.{{Cite web |title=Ambassador Lazar Comanescu |url=https://balkansblackseaforum.org/person/ambassador-lazar-comanescu/ |access-date=2023-09-02 |website=Balkans & Black Sea Forum |language=en-US}} He served as Romanian Ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2015.{{cite news |date=3 March 2009 |title=Lazăr Comănescu, numit ambasador în Germania |publisher=Evenimentul Zilei |url=http://www.evz.ro/lazar-comanescu-numit-ambasador-in-germania-841980.html}} He became Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation on 1 July 2021.