Image:Alexandru_G._Golescu.jpg '''Alexandru G. Golescu''' (1819—August_15, 1881) was a Romanian politician who served as a Prime_Minister_of_Romania in 1870 (between February_14 and May_1). ==Life== ===Early life=== Born in the Golescu_family of Boyars in Bucharest, Wallachia, he was the cousin of the brothers Ştefan and Nicolae_Golescu; Alexandru G. was often referred to as '''Alexandru Golescu Negru''' (''Golescu the Black''), to distinguish him from his relative and fellow activist Alexandru_C._Golescu (who was known as "Albu" - ''the White''). Alexandru G. Golescu studied at the Saint_Sava_Academy and then in Paris, at the ''École d'Arts et Métiers'', and returned to be an Engineer in Wallachia. Together with Nicolae_Bălcescu, Ion_Ghica and Christian_Tell, Golescu was a founding member of the ''Frăţia'' ("Brotherhood") freemason and radical secret society in 1843, meant as opposition to Wallachian Prince Gheorghe_Bibescu. He returned to Paris in 1845 to be a member of a revolutionary society of the Romanian students. ===Revolution and later years=== He took part in the Wallachian_revolution_of_1848, and were members of the Revolutionary Committee formed around ''Frăţia''. He was a secretary of the Provisional Government, and served as its representative in France after July_14, 1848 (in this capacity, he called for the French_Second_Republic's support in combating the threat of Ottoman and Imperial_Russian intervention in Wallachia). Golescu was also active in negotiating an agreement between the Hungarian government of Lajos_Kossuth and the Transylvanian Romanian forces of Avram_Iancu, but his efforts were largely unsuccessful. After the revolution in Bucharest was crushed, Ghica remained in exile until 1856, when, after Russian presence had been swept by the effects of the Crimean_War he returned to campaign for the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia, which was successful in 1859 when Alexander_John_Cuza was elected ''Domnitor'' of the two Danubian_Principalities. He later served several times as minister and once, for only half a year, as Prime Minister under Prince Carol. He died at his estate in Rusăneşti, Olt_County. {{RomanianPrimeMinisters}} Golescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexandru G. Nl:Alexandru_G._Golescu Ro:Alexandru_G._Golescu