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Ion Caramitru
Actor
Former Minister of Culture (PNTCD)
Born: March 9, 1954, Bucharest
Marital status: married to Mihaela Caracas, three children
Religion: Orthodox
Nationality : Romanian
Citizenship : Romanian
Studies
1964 – graduate of the Institute of Dramatic Arts and Film “I.L.Caragiale”, Bucharest
Professional activity
- 1965-1990 - Actor and director at “Lucia Sturdza Bulandra” Theatre, Bucharest
- Since 1976 - Acting professor at I.L.Caragiale Academy of Drama and Film, Bucharest
- December 22, 1989 - member of the the Executive Office of the National Salvation Front Council, President
of the Commission for Culture
- February 1990-May 1990 - Vice-President of the Provisional Council for National Union, responsible
with the Commission for culture and youth
- February 15, 1990 - President of UNITER (Theatre Union of Romanian)
- 1990-1993 - General Manager of “Lucia Sturdza Bulandra” Theatre
- 1996-2000 - Minister of Culture
- Since 2001 - Vice-President of PNTCD
Artistic Achievements
Performed in more than 60 roles, in plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Pirandello, Buchner, Shaw, Musset, Suto
Andras, Hochuth, a.s.o
Cast in the leading part in 40 films
Positions, prizes, titles
1975, 1979, 1981 and 1985 - drama awards - designated “Best Actor of the
Year”
1976 – film awards for acting by “Cinema” magazine 1984 – “ Special Award of
the Jury” for the leading part in “Luchian”, at The National Film Festival
– Costinesti, Romania
1995 – knighted by The Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom as Officer of the Order of the British Empire
1997 – Knight of Arts and Letters (France)
Affiliations
- president of UNITER
- member of the Executive Office and vice-president of ECA (European Council of Artist), for Central
and Eastern Europe
Foreign languages
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