Nicolae Lahovary (), 1887-1972, was a
Romania
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n
diplomat
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. He was
minister plenipotentiary
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to
Albania
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(1934–1936) and to
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
from 1940-1944 before being replaced by
Vespasian Pella. In his capacity of envoy to Switzerland he was active in contacts with the representatives of the allies for ensuring an armistice. After he was recalled in 1944, he settled in Switzerland, where he was an active member of the Romanian exile.
Nicolae Lahovary also was an
anthropologist
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. His main work “
Dravidian Origins and the West” was published in
Bombay
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posthumously in 1963.
References
*George G. Potra - Reacţii necunoscute la demiterea lui Titulescu - 29 August 1936: O "mazilire perfida
*Dumitru Paraschiv - Legatia Romaniei de la Berna impotriva revizionismului ungar (III) – Tricolorul Nr. 811, Nov. 20, 2006
*Constantin Moşincat – Un eveniment - Un Ordin - Crişana August 23, 200
*Adrian Porucic – Contribuţia lui Gheorghe Ivănescu în în domeniul studiilor indo-europen
*Cicerone Ioanitoiu – Sovieticii se apropie de graniţele României
Romanian diplomats
1887 births
1972 deaths
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