Alexandru G. Golescu
Alexandru G. Golescu | |
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Prime Minister of Romania | |
In office 2 February 1870 – 18 April 1870 | |
Monarch | Carol I |
Preceded by | Dimitrie Ghica |
Succeeded by | Manolache Costache Epureanu |
Personal details | |
Born | 1819 Bucharest, Wallachia |
Died | 15 August 1881 (aged 61–62) Rusănești, Olt County, Kingdom of Romania |
Alma mater | École d'Arts et Métiers |
Alexandru G. Golescu (1819 – 15 August 1881) was a Romanian politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania in 1870.
Early life
Born in the Golescu family of
Alexandru G. Golescu studied at the Saint Sava Academy and then in Paris, at the École d'Arts et Métiers, after which he returned to be an engineer in Wallachia.
Together with
Revolution and later years
He took part in the
After the revolution in Bucharest was crushed, Ghica remained in exile until 1856, when, after Russian presence had been swept by the effects of the Crimean War he returned to campaign for the unification of Wallachia and Moldavia, which was successful in 1859 when Alexandru Ioan Cuza was elected Domnitor of the two Danubian Principalities. He later served several times as minister and once, for only half a year, as Prime Minister under Prince Carol. He died at his estate in Rusănești, Olt County.
Works
- Die politische Stellung der Roumänen, Vienna, 1848
- De l'abolition du servage dans les Principautés Danubiennes, Paris, 1856
External links
- Golescu-Negru, by James Chastain, 19 October 2004, at the Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions.