Ion Inculeț | |
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President of Moldavian Democratic Republic | |
In office December 15, 1917 – April 9, 1918 |
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Prime Minister |
Pantelimon Erhan Daniil Ciugureanu Petru Cazacu |
Succeeded by | Union with Romania |
President of Sfatul Țării | |
In office December 4, 1917 – April 9, 1918 |
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Succeeded by | Constantin Stere |
Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
In office 1917–1918 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Răzeni, Russian Empire |
April 5, 1884
Died | November 18, 1940 Bucharest, Romania |
(aged 56)
Political party | Bessarabian Peasants' Party |
Spouse(s) | Ruxandra Bașotă-Cantacuzino |
Children |
Georgel I. Inculeț |
Profession | lecturer |
Religion | Eastern Orthodox Church |
Ion C. Inculeț (April 5, 1884 – November 18, 1940) was a Bessarabian politician and the president of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. Also, he was a minister in Romania.
Born in Răzeni, the Russian Empire, now in Republic of Moldova, Inculeț graduated the Chișinău Seminary, studied medicine for a year at the Estonian Dorpat University and then he moved to Saint Petersburg, where he graduated in science at the Saint Petersburg University, working there as a lecturer.
After getting his PhD in 1915, Inculeț worked as a physicist at the Meteorological Observatory, while at the same time, he wrote for the Basarabia newspaper of Constantin Stere. Participating in the February Revolution, on May 25 Inculeț was sent by Alexander Kerensky as a representative of the Russian Provisional Government to Bessarabia to follow the evolution of events.
Sfatul Țării, a representative body was formed on November 21, 1917, and Inculeț is chosen in unanimity its president. The first session of Sfatul Țării was held on December 4 [O.S. November 21] 1917, and chose Ion Inculeț as its president.
On December 15 [O.S. December 2] 1917, Sfatul Țării proclaimed the Moldavian Democratic Republic, with Inculeț as President. On April 9 [O.S. March 27] 1918, Sfatul Țării decided the union of Bessarabia with Romania and Inculeț was appointed Minister for Bessarabia in the Romanian government.