1. Ion Caramitru was Minister of Culture between 1996 and 2000, in the Romanian Democratic Convention cabinets of Victor Ciorbea, Gavril Dejeu, Radu Vasile, Alexandru Athanasiu, and Mugur Isarescu.
10 Facts About Ion Caramitru
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Ion Caramitru was married to actress Micaela Caracas and had three sons: Stefan, Andrei, and Matei Caramitru.
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Ion Caramitru was a relevant figure of the Aromanian community of Romania.
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Ion Caramitru was born in an Aromanian family, with his mother being from Ano Grammatiko in modern Greece while his father being from Korce in modern Albania.
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Ion Caramitru continued his engagement in Bulandra while starring in plays at the National Theatre Bucharest and various other theaters.
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Ion Caramitru starred in over 30 feature films, making his debut with a supporting role in Victor Iliu's Comoara din Vadul Vechi.
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Later in life, Caramitru has had minor roles in foreign films: he was an anarchist in the 1991 Kafka, Tatevsky in Citizen X, Zozimov in Mission: Impossible, Count Fontana in Amen.
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Ion Caramitru was an early member of the National Salvation Front Council, the government formed around Ion Iliescu, where he was in charge of Culture.
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In 2006, during a visit in Moldova, Ion Caramitru claimed that Moldova is still a part of Romania, leading to a diplomatic row between Romania and Moldova and Ion Caramitru being declared a persona non grata in Moldova.
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Ion Caramitru died on 5 September 2021, aged 79, in the Elias Hospital, Bucharest.