Nicolae Șuțu (1799 – January 20, 1871) was a Romanian politician. Nicolae Sutu

Born in Istanbul into the

Phanariote Phanariots, Phanariotes, or Fanariots ( el, Φαναριώτες, ro, Fanarioți, tr, Fenerliler) were members of prominent Greek families in Phanar (Φανάρι, modern ''Fener''), the chief Greek quarter of Constantinople where the Ecumeni ...

Soutzos family, he left the

Danubian Principalities The Danubian Principalities ( ro, Principatele Dunărene, sr, Дунавске кнежевине, translit=Dunavske kneževine) was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th ce ...

for Imperial Austrian-ruled Transylvania during the Wallachian uprising of 1821. He later returned to Moldavia, becoming a state secretary under the Russian administration of Pavel Kiselyov, although he steadfastly refused naturalisation. Florescu, Radu R. (2021), ''The Struggle Against Russia in the Romanian Principalities'', Histria Books, Las Vegas, pp. 176, 191, & 306, Șuțu was subsequently minister in various departments during the rule of Prince Mihail Sturdza. By 1838, he was representing Sturdza in Bucharest. Șuțu published various economic studies, including ''Statistica Moldovei'' (1850), which appeared in French, Greek and Romanian. After the Russian occupation of the Principalities in 1853, the Russian President Plenipotentionary, General Budberg, nominated him to serve on Moldavia's Administrative Council. He died in Focșani. Dimitrie Rosetti, ''Dicționarul Contimporanilor'', p. 180. Editura Lito-Tipografiei "Populara", Bucharest, 1897

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutu, Nicolae 1799 births 1871 deaths Government ministers of the Principality of Moldavia Politicians from Istanbul Soutzos family Romanian economists Expatriates in the Austrian Empire People from the Ottoman Empire