Constantin N. Hamangiu (December 31, 1869–January 7, 1932) was a

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n jurist. Born in Bârlad, he attended the city's Gheorghe Roșca High School. He then studied at the

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, graduating with a law degree, after which he entered the magistracy. Hamangiu became a circuit judge in

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in early 1894, and a substitute prosecutor at the

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tribunal later that year. In 1895, he was appointed prosecutor at the

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tribunal. From 1902 to 1905, he was chief prosecutor of the

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tribunal. From 1905 to 1908, he was a prosecutor at the

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appeals court. Hamangiu was then moved to

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and raised to the rank of adviser. He then served at the

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appeals court until 1915, when he resigned from the magistracy. In 1918, Hamangiu was named general secretary in the

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. That autumn, he became an adviser at the High Court of Cassation and Justice, a post he retained until his death. As such, he sponsored the printing of important law volumes; Hamangiu was an expert on civil law.Marcel D. Popa, ''Dicționar encyclopedic'', p. 16. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică, 1999. In 1930, he was elected an honorary member of the

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, an institution to which he made significant donations. In April 1931, he was named Justice Minister in the technocratic cabinet of

Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Iorga (; sometimes Neculai Iorga, Nicolas Jorga, Nicolai Jorga or Nicola Jorga, born Nicu N. Iorga;Iova, p. xxvii. 17 January 1871 – 27 November 1940) was a Romanian historian, politician, literary critic, memoirist, Albanologist, poet ...

. Soon after, he was elected to the Assembly of Deputies. He died the following January, while still a minister.Ion Mamina, Ioan Scurtu, ''Guverne și guvernanți (1916-1938)'', vol. II, p. 182. Bucharest: Editura Silex, 1996.

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