Lascăr Catargiu
Lascăr Catargiu | |
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| 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 | |
| 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) |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | |
| In office 11 May 1866 – 13 July 1866 | |
| Prime Minister | himself |
| Preceded by | Dimitrie Ghica |
| Succeeded by | Ion Ghica |
| Minister of War | |
| In office 22 February 1894 – 11 June 1894 | |
| Prime Minister | himself |
| Preceded by | Iacob Lahovary |
| Succeeded by | Constantin Poenaru |
| President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| In office 7 December 1866 – 1 November 1867 | |
| Monarch | Carol I |
| Preceded by | Manolache Costache Epureanu |
| Succeeded by | Anastasie Fătu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 1, 1823 Iași, Moldavia |
| Died | April 11, 1899 (aged 75) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Resting place | Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
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| Occupation | Politician |
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.