Constantin G. Dissescu (8 August 1854–10 August 1932) was a

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n jurist and politician. Born in Slatina, he was the son of a magistrate. After graduating from

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, Dissescu followed family tradition, studying law and history at the

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. He obtained an undergraduate degree in 1875 and a law doctorate two years later. Returning to Romania, he served as a judge on the

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tribunal from 1878 to 1880. He then taught law at the Universities of Iași (1883) and Bucharest from 1884. He served as law faculty dean at Bucharest from 1909 to 1913. He was state’s attorney from 1892 to 1893.Stan Stoica, ''Dicționar biografic de istorie a României'', pp. 173-174. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2008, Dissescu edited ''Dreptul'' newspaper, and in 1907 pleaded on behalf of a law for organizing the legal profession. He belonged to the National Liberal Party (PNL) until 1885, when he joined the

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. In 1908, he followed

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into the

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, rejoining the PNL after World War I. He was Minister of Justice from April 1899 to July 1900, and Minister of Religious Affairs and Public Education twice: from October 1906 to February 1907, and from October 1912 to December 1913. He was a

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for a number of terms. In 1891, Dissescu insisted on admitting to the bar Sarmiza Bilcescu, Romania’s first female lawyer. He forcefully advocated for adopting the 1923 Constitution of Romania. He authored studies of law (''Chestiunea revizuirii legii electorale'', ''Originea și condițiunea proprietății în România'', ''Legea Minelor'') and history (''Conferinṭă asupra vieții lui Barbu Știrbeiu'', ''Amintiri și impresii din Cadrilater''), as well as literary or social essays (''Psihologia călugărului'', ''Despre poezia română'', ''Ovide'', ''Despre imitație'', ''Povețe de viață''). Dissescu was married to Alexandrina Hagi Panteli, who came from a wealthy ''boyar'' merchant family. Their daughter married the diplomat

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. From 1902, the family lived in Casa Dissescu on

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.Casa Dissescu
at București Centenar

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dissescu, Constantin 1854 births 1932 deaths People from Slatina, Romania Saint Sava National College alumni University of Paris alumni Academic staff of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Romanian university and college faculty deans 20th-century Romanian judges Romanian prosecutors Romanian newspaper editors Romanian essayists National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) politicians Conservative-Democratic Party politicians Members of the Senate of Romania Romanian Ministers of Justice Romanian Ministers of Education Romanian expatriates in France