Constantin Coandă (4 March 1857 – 30 September 1932) was a Romanian general and politician who served as prime minister of Romania in 1918.

Biography

Constantin Coandă was born in

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. He reached the rank of general in the

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, and later became a

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professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest. Among his seven children was

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, the discoverer of the

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. During

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, for a short time (24 October – 29 November 1918), he was the

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and the Foreign Affairs Minister. He participated in the signing of the

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between the

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and Bulgaria. On 8 December 1920, during his term as

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(representing

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's People's Party), he was badly wounded by a bomb set up by the

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and

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Max Goldstein.

Military functions

* Platoon commander in the 1st Artillery Regiment (1877 – 1883) * Positions in military education at the Bucharest School of Artillery, Engineering and Naval Officers and at the Superior School of War * Command and staff functions * Commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment * Commander of the 5th Army Corps * Secretary General of the Ministry of War * Commander of the Bucharest Citadel * Military attaché in Berlin, Vienna and Paris * Director of the Artillery Department of the Ministry of War * Head of department in the General Staff * Inspector General of Artillery.

Other positions

* Teacher at the Bucharest Bridge and Roads School * Delegate to the International Conference in The Hague * Military and diplomatic attaché near the Quarter of Tsar

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(1916 – 1918) * Minister of Industry (20 March – 14 July 1926) * Minister Secretary of State (10 August 1926 – 4 June 1927) .

Writings

* ''Artillery Course'' (1884 – 1885) * ''Projectiles and Missiles'' (1884).

Death

Constantin Coandă died on 30 September 1932, aged 75, in Bucharest.

References

1857 births 1932 deaths People from Craiova People's Party (interwar Romania) politicians Prime ministers of Romania Ministers of foreign affairs of Romania Ministers of industry and commerce of Romania Presidents of the Senate of Romania Members of the Senate of Romania Romanian Land Forces generals Romanian Army World War I generals Romanian people of World War I Academic staff of the Politehnica University of Bucharest People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia {{Romania-politician-stub