Lascăr Catargiu

Lascăr Catargiu
Prime Minister of Romania
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
MonarchCarol I
Preceded byNicolae Crețulescu (1866)
Ion Ghica (1871)
Teodor Rosetti (1889)
Ion Emanuel Florescu (1891)
Succeeded byIon Ghica (1866)
Ion Emanuel Florescu (1876)
Gheorghe Manu (1889)
Dimitrie Sturdza (1895)
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
11 May 1866  13 July 1866
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byDimitrie Ghica
Succeeded byIon Ghica
Minister of War
In office
22 February 1894  11 June 1894
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byIacob Lahovary
Succeeded byConstantin Poenaru
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
7 December 1866  1 November 1867
MonarchCarol I
Preceded byManolache Costache Epureanu
Succeeded byAnastasie Fătu
Personal details
Born(1823-11-01)November 1, 1823
Iași, Moldavia
DiedApril 11, 1899(1899-04-11) (aged 75)
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Resting placeBellu Cemetery, Bucharest
NationalityRomanian
Political partyConservative Party
Parent
  • Constantin Catargiu (father)
OccupationPolitician

Lascăr Catargiu (Romanian: [ˈlaskər katarˈd͡ʒi.u] or Lascăr Catargi; 1 November 1823 – 11 April [O.S. 30 March] 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.