Lascăr Catargiu
| Lascăr Catargiu | |
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| Prime Minister of Romania | |
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In office May 11, 1866 – July 13, 1866 March 11, 1871 – March 30, 1876 March 29, 1889 – November 3, 1889 December 29, 1891 – October 15, 1895 |
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| Monarch | Carol I |
| Preceded by |
Nicolae Crețulescu (1866) Ion Ghica (1871) Teodor Rosetti (1889) Ion Emanuel Florescu (1891) |
| Succeeded by |
Ion Ghica (1866) Ion Emanuel Florescu (1876) Gheorghe Manu (1889) Dimitrie Sturdza (1895) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 1, 1823 Iași, Moldavia |
| Died | April 11, 1899 (aged 75) Bucharest, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
| Religion | Romanian Orthodox |
Lascăr Catargiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈlaskər katarˈd͡ʒi.u] or Lascăr Catargi; 1 November 1823 – April 11 [O.S. March 30] 1899) was a Romanian conservative statesman born in Moldavia. He belonged to an ancient Wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matei Basarab, and had settled in Moldavia.
Born in Iași, Catargiu rose to the office of prefect of police in the city under the rule of the Moldavian Prince Grigore Ghica (1849–1856). In 1857 he became a member of the ad hoc Divan of Moldavia, a commission elected in accordance with the Treaty of Paris (1856) to vote on the proposed union of Moldavia and Wallachia (the Danubian Principalities). His strongly conservative views, especially on land reform, induced the Conservatives to support him as a candidate for the Romanian throne in 1859.
During the reign of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859–1866), Catargiu was one of the Opposition leaders, and received much assistance from his kinsman, Barbu Catargiu (b. 1807), a noted journalist and politician, who was assassinated in Bucharest on the June 20, 1862. Lascăr Catargiu consequently took part in the so-called monstrous coalition that toppled Cuza, and, on the accession of Domnitor Carol I in May 1866, became President of the Council of Ministers but, finding himself unable to cooperate with his Liberal colleagues, Ion Brătianu and C. A. Rosetti, he resigned in July.
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