Marcel Dinu
{{Short description|Romanian diplomat (1935–2019)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Marcel Dinu
|image =
|caption =
|office1 = Romanian Ambassador to Germany
|primeminister1 =
|president1 =
|term_start1 = October 1986
|term_end1 = February 1990
|predecessor1 = Ion Râmbu
|successor1 = Radu Comșa
|office2 = Romanian Ambassador to Moldova
|primeminister2 =
|president2 =
|term_start2 = February 1997
|term_end2 = February 1999
|predecessor2 = {{ill|Marian Enache (jurist)|lt=Marian Enache|ro|Marian Enache}}
|successor2 = Nichita Danilov
|office3 = Romanian Ambassador to Egypt
|primeminister3 =
|president3 =
|term_start3 = 2001
|term_end3 = 2005
|predecessor3 = Doru Romulus Costea
|successor3 = Gheorghe Dumitru
|birth_date = {{birth date|1935|07|24|df=y}}
|birth_place = Silistra, Kingdom of Romania
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|01|22|1935|07|24}}
|death_place = Bucharest, Romania
|party =
|otherparty =
|spouse = Maria Dinu
|children = 3
|alma_mater = Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
University of Bucharest
|profession = Civil engineer, Diplomat
}}
Marcel Dinu (24 July 1935–22 January 2019) was a Romanian diplomat. He was the Romanian Ambassador to Germany, Moldova, and Egypt.[http://romania-on-line.net/whoswho/DinuMarcel.htm Marcel Dinu. Ambassador of Romania to Egypt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529092236/http://romania-on-line.net/whoswho/DinuMarcel.htm |date=2016-05-29 }}{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/politica/a-murit-un-cunoscut-diplomat-roman-fost-ambasador-1919130.html|title=A murit un cunoscut diplomat român. Fost ambasador sub patru președinți și secretar de stat în MAE|first=Dan|last=Anghel|lang=ro|newspaper=Adevărul|date=January 22, 2019|access-date=October 4, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.irsea.ro/en/HE-Late-Amb-DINU/|title=IRSEA Deeply Regrets the Passing Away of Its Honorary Member, Career Ambassador, H.E. Marcel Dinu|publisher=The Romanian Institute of Euro-Asian Studies |website=www.irsea.ro|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=October 4, 2023}}
Dinu was born in 1935 in Silistra, at the time in the Kingdom of Romania, later in Bulgaria. He studied engineering at Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering in Bucharest from 1953 to 1958, and then worked as an engineer at a construction company in Brazi until 1962. After completing his post-graduate studies at the Law School of the University of Bucharest, he joined the Ministry of External Affairs in 1964 and served in the diplomatic corps until 2006. He served as Romania's Ambassador to Germany (October 1986 to February 1990), Moldova (February 1997 to February 1999), and Egypt (2001 to 2005).{{cite web|url=https://cairo.mae.ro/en/node/372|title=Embassy: About us|publisher=Embassy of Romania in the Arab Republic of Egypt| website=cairo.mae.ro|access-date=October 4, 2023}} He died in Bucharest in 2019, at age 83.
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Category:Eastern Orthodox Christians from Romania
Category:Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest alumni
Category:University of Bucharest alumni
Category:Romanian civil engineers
Category:Ambassadors of Romania to Germany
Category:Ambassadors of Romania to Moldova
Category:Ambassadors of Romania to Egypt
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