Nicolae Ionescu (diplomat)

Nicolae Ionescu (1820 in

Bradu Bradu is a commune in Argeș County, Muntenia, Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to t ...

Neamț County Neamț County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,76 ...

– January 24, 1905 in Bradu) was a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n politician, jurist and publicist, brother of the agronomist

Ion Ionescu de la Brad Ion Ionescu de la Brad (June 24, 1818 – December 16, 1891), born Ion Isăcescu, was a Moldavian, later Romanian revolutionary, agronomist, statistician, scholar, and writer. Born in Roman, he was the son of a Moldavian Orthodox priest. Ione ...

. He was leader of the

Free and Independent Faction The Free and Independent Faction or Free and Independent Fraction ( ro, Fracțiunea Liberă și Independentă, sometimes ''Fracțiunea Liberală și Independentă'', "Independent Liberal Faction","Condeie", in ''România Liberă'', December 6 (18) ...

, serving several terms in

Chamber Chamber or the chamber may refer to: In government and organizations * Chamber of commerce, an organization of business owners to promote commercial interests *Legislative chamber, in politics * Debate chamber, the space or room that houses delib ...

and

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, most often as a representative of

Roman County Roman County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania. The county seat was Roman. In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Prut, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II ...

, and was helped to establish several liberal coalitions in the 1860s and '70s. His career peaked just before the

Romanian War of Independence The Romanian War of Independence is the name used in Romanian historiography to refer to the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), following which Romania, fighting on the Russian side, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire. On , Romania and the R ...

, when he was

Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...

in the cabinet of

Ion Brătianu An ion () is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge. The charge of an electron is considered to be negative by convention and this charge is equal and opposite to the charge of a proton, which is considered to be positive by conven ...

. Ionescu ended his career in politics with the National Liberal Party. A professor of law and a rector of

Iași University The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: ''Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"''; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mi ...

, he was also one of the founding members of the

Romanian Academy The Romanian Academy ( ro, Academia Română ) is a cultural forum founded in Bucharest, Romania, in 1866. It covers the scientific, artistic and literary domains. The academy has 181 active members who are elected for life. According to its byl ...

. 1820 births 1905 deaths Romanian Ministers of Foreign Affairs Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Senate of Romania Free and Independent Faction politicians National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Leaders of political parties in Romania Romanian jurists Rectors of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Founding members of the Romanian Academy Romanian publishers (people) Romanian newspaper editors Romanian newspaper founders People from Neamț County {{Romania-politician-stub