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Ionel Brătianu

Ion I. C. Brătianu
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Prime Minister of Romania
In office
9 January 1909 – 28 December 1910
4 January 1914 – 28 January 1918
29 November 1918 – 26 September 1919
17 January 1922 – 29 March 1926
21 June 1927 – 24 November 1927
Monarch Carol I
Ferdinand
Michael
Preceded by Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza
Titu Maiorescu
Constantin Coandă
Take Ionescu
Barbu Ştirbey
Succeeded by Petre P. Carp
Alexandru Averescu
Artur Văitoianu
Alexandru Averescu
Vintilă Brătianu
Personal details
Born Ionel I. C. Brătianu
(1864-08-20)August 20, 1864
Ștefănești, Romania
Died November 24, 1927(1927-11-24) (aged 63)
Bucharest, Romania
Political party National Liberal Party
Spouse(s) Maria Moruzi
Eliza Știrbey
Profession engineer

Ion I. C. Brătianu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon brətiˈanu], also known as Ionel Brătianu; 20 August 1864 – 24 November 1927) was a Romanian politician, leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Prime Minister of Romania for five terms, and Foreign Minister on several occasions; he was the eldest son of statesman and PNL leader Ion Brătianu, the brother of Vintilă and Dinu Brătianu, and the father of Gheorghe I. Brătianu. Ion I. C. Brătianu's political activities after World War I, including part of his third and fourth term, saw the unification of the Old Romanian Kingdom with Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia (see: Greater Romania). In 1923, he was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.

Born at Florica, his father's estate in Ștefănești, Argeș County, he completed his secondary education at the Saint Sava National College in Bucharest (1882). He then volunteered for the Romanian Army's artillery, serving for six months before becoming a Second lieutenant. During his military service, Brătianu studied engineering. He left for Paris in 1883, and attended the Collège Sainte-Barbe, then took classes (without being a registered student) at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (1884–1889). Brătianu received an engineer's diploma, but not a licence to practice.


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