Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
| Alexandru Vaida-Voevod | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania | |
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In office December 1, 1919 – January 9, 1920 |
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| Monarch | Ferdinand |
| Preceded by | Nicolae Mișu |
| Succeeded by | Duiliu Zamfirescu |
| Prime Minister of Romania | |
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In office 1 December 1919 – 12 March 1920 6 June 1932 – 19 October 1932 14 January 1933 – 13 November 1933 |
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| Monarch | Ferdinand |
| Preceded by |
Artur Văitoianu Nicolae Iorga Iuliu Maniu |
| Succeeded by |
Alexandru Averescu Iuliu Maniu Ion G. Duca |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 27, 1872 Alparét, Austria-Hungary (now Bobâlna, Romania) |
| Died | March 19, 1950 (aged 78) Sibiu, Romania |
| Political party |
Romanian National Party (before 1926) National Peasants' Party (after 1926) |
| Religion | Greek-Catholic |
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod (February 27, 1872 – March 19, 1950) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the union of Transylvania (before 1920 part of Hungary) with the Romanian Old Kingdom; he later served three terms as a Prime Minister of Greater Romania.
He was born to a Greek-Catholic family in the Transylvanian village of Bobâlna (then Alparét, Austria-Hungary). Initially, Voevod was supportive of a plan to federalize the domains of the Habsburgs along the lines of a United States of Greater Austria, and was close to Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
In 1906, he joined a group of Romanian nationalists in the Budapest Parliament (the Romanian National Party of Transylvania and Banat), becoming an important opponent of the Hungarian governmental policy of Magyarization, and fought for the right of Transylvania to self-determination. Disappointed by the Austrian cause after Franz Ferdinand's assassination in Sarajevo, and turned towards an advocacy of Transylvania's union with Romania; he and his party presented a demand for self-determination along Wilsonian principles to the Hungarian legislative in October 1918.
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