Grigore Balș

Grigore Balș (d. 1895) was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician.

Born into an old Moldavian boyar family, the son of a logothete, Balș was active in the movement for the Union of the Principalities. In 1858, he edited Constituționalul magazine at Iași, taking a pro-union line. He was part of the first Moldavian government following the achievement of this objective with the election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as domnitor in early 1859, serving as finance minister under Vasile Sturdza from January to March that year. He was then foreign minister in the cabinet of Manolache Costache Epureanu from November 1859 to March 1860.