Grigore Trandafil (February 4, 1840–February 23, 1907) was a
Wallachian-born
Romanian magistrate and politician.
Born in
Bucharest, he studied law at the
University of Paris, obtaining a doctorate. After returning home, he entered the magistracy, where he was successively prosecutor, president of the
Ilfov County tribunal, department head in the
Justice Ministry (1866), general prosecutor (1867), president of the Bucharest appeals court (1868) and prosecutor at the
High Court of Cassation and Justice (1872).
Trandafil joined an early conservative association in 1878, and entered the
Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
after it was founded in 1880. A close associate of
Lascăr Catargiu, he was first elected to the
Assembly of Deputies in 1879. Trandafil was Justice Minister in the cabinet of
Gheorghe Manu
Gheorghe Manu (26 July 1833, Bucharest, Wallachia – 16 May 1911, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania) was a Romanian Army general, artillery inspector and statesman. He served as Prime Minister (1889–1891), Minister of War, Minister of the Inter ...
from November 1890 to February 1891. He served as
mayor of Bucharest from June 1892 until the following February. He was
Assembly President from February 1905 until his death two years later. Many laws were adopted during his presidency, some of them aiming to improve villagers' material situation, but the measures failed to prevent the
1907 Peasants' Revolt.
Dinu C. Giurescu
Dinu C. Giurescu (15 February 1927 – 24 April 2018) was a Romanian historian and politician.
Biography
He was born in Bucharest in 1927, the son of historian Constantin C. Giurescu. After attending the Saint Sava High School, he graduated fro ...
, ''Dicționar biografic de istorie a României'', p. 544. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2008.
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1840 births
1907 deaths
Politicians from Bucharest
University of Paris alumni
Romanian expatriates in France
Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) politicians
Romanian Ministers of Justice
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
Mayors of Bucharest
19th-century Romanian judges
Romanian prosecutors