High Patronage of Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown
April 5, 2022
On March 24, 2022, at the Royal Palace in Bucharest, Throne Room, the Royal House of Romania granted the Romanian Geographical Society the High Patronage of Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown. A delegation of 20 members of the Romanian Geographical Society participated in the ceremony, which took place in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Radu and other representatives of institutions and organizations from Romanian society. The delegation was led by the president of the SGR, Professor Dr. Iațu Corneliu, alongside members of the SGR Executive Bureau, territorial university branches from Bucharest, Iași, Cluj-Napoca, and pre-university education from Bucharest, Dâmbovița, Iași, Ilfov, and Vrancea:
- Bălteanu Dan (IGAR)
- Bentz Teodora (Pre-university, Bucharest)
- Boțan Cristian (University, Cluj-Napoca)
- Damian Nicu (Pre-university, Vrancea)
- Dan Steluța (Pre-university, Bucharest)
- Diaconescu Constantin (Pre-university, Bucharest)
- Dumitrașcu Monica (IGAR)
- Dumitru Rus (Pre-university, Hunedoara)
- Ene Marian (University, Bucharest)
- Iojă Cristian (University, Bucharest)
- Lesenciuc Mihaela (Pre-university, Iași)
- Lesenciuc Dan (University, Iași)
- Marcu Marius-Florin (Pre-university, Ilfov)
- Mihăescu Mariana (Pre-university, Dâmbovița)
- Neacșu Marius (University, Bucharest)
- Neguț Silviu (University, Bucharest)
- Săcrieru Răzvan (Pre-university, Vrancea)
- Șerban Cătălina (Pre-university, Bucharest)
- Tătaru Alexandra (Pre-university, Vrancea)
The High Patronage of Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, joins other distinctions and titles obtained by the Society: the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mihai I of Romania on July 4, 2013, the Cross of the Royal House of Romania on October 22, 2015, and the Order of Cultural Merit in the Rank of Commander on November 15, 2016. This event is part of a long series of significant historical moments for the Society, which began 147 years ago, on June 15, 1875. On that date, in the presence of Prince Carol I, the Romanian Geographical Society was founded, later recognized by a law adopted by Parliament in 1897 and promulgated by Royal Decree (no. 588/1897) as a “Society with moral personality and a public utility institution.“
This event marks the official resumption of emotional and principled ties with the Royal House and strengthens the position of Romanian geographers in both Romanian and universal culture.
Executive Secretary of the Romanian Geographical Society,
Prof. Dr. Marius-Florin Marcu
