Pantelimon Erhan (1884 – April/May 1971) was a

Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...

n politician and

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

of the

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(1917–1918).

Biography

Pantelimon Erhan was born in 1884 in

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. He died in April or May 1971 in

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Prime minister

He was the first prime minister of the

( - ). On ,

Sfatul Țării ''Sfatul Țării'' ("Council of the Country"; ) was a council that united political, public, cultural, and professional organizations in the greater part of the territory of the Governorate of Bessarabia in the disintegrating Russian Empire, w ...

elected the

Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet was the Cabinet of Moldova (7 / 20 December 1917 - 13 / 26 January 1918). It was the first cabinet of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. The government fell after the occupation of the Republic by the Romanian troops. Er ...

(named the Council of Directors General), with nine members and with Pantelimon Erhan as President of the Council of Directors General and Director General for Agriculture.

Agrarian reform Agrarian reform can refer either, narrowly, to government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of agricultural land (see land reform) or, broadly, to an overall redirection of the agrarian system of the country, which often includes land re ...

was a cornerstone priority of the

government. The presence of the

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in the

caused tension within the council, with some of its members, including Pantelimon Erhan, protesting against it. In particular, they feared that the

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, dominated by large land owners, could use the troops to prevent the envisaged

agrarian reform Agrarian reform can refer either, narrowly, to government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of agricultural land (see land reform) or, broadly, to an overall redirection of the agrarian system of the country, which often includes land re ...

.P.Halippa, A.Moraru, ''Testament pentru urmasi'', 2nd edition, Hyperion, Chisinau, 1991, p. 85-87

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Erhan, Pantelimon 1884 births 1971 deaths People from Căușeni District People from Bendersky Uyezd Romanian people of Moldovan descent Socialist Revolutionary Party politicians Prime Ministers of Moldova Moldovan MPs 1917–1918 Moldovan ministers of Agriculture People of the Russian Revolution

Biography

Prime minister

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