Nichifor Crainic
Nichifor Crainic | |
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| Minister of National Propaganda | |
| In office 4 July 1940 – 14 September 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Ion Gigurtu Ion Antonescu |
| Preceded by | Teofil Sidorovici |
| Succeeded by | Position temporarily suspended |
| In office 27 January 1941 – 26 May 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Ion Antonescu |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Succeeded by | Mihai Antonescu |
| State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs | |
| In office 14 September 1940 – 21 January 1941 | |
| Prime Minister | Ion Antonescu |
| Minister | Traian Brăileanu |
| Co-Leader of the National Christian Party | |
| In office 16 July 1935 – 10 February 1938 | |
| Preceded by | Octavian Goga (as president of the National Agrarian Party) A. C. Cuza (as president of the National-Christian Defense League) |
| Succeeded by | None (party banned under the 1938 Constitution) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 22, 1889 Bulbucata, Giurgiu County, Kingdom of Romania |
| Died | August 20, 1972 (aged 82) Mogoșoaia, Ilfov County, Socialist Republic of Romania |
| Political party | National-Christian Defense League (before 1935) National Christian Party (1935–1938) |
| Alma mater | University of Bucharest University of Vienna |
| Occupation | Writer, Professor, Politician |
| Profession | Theologian, Philosopher |
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Nichifor Crainic (Romanian pronunciation: [niˈcifor ˈkrajnik]; pseudonym of Ion Dobre [iˈon ˈdobre]; 22 December 1889, Bulbucata, Giurgiu County – 20 August 1972, Mogoșoaia) was a Romanian writer, editor, philosopher, poet and theologian famed for his traditionalist activities. Crainic was a professor of theology at the Bucharest Theological Seminary and the Chișinău Faculty of Theology. He was also a politician and ideologue associated with far-right, racist, fascist, and antisemitic positions.