Teofil Ioncu (22 July 1885, in Olișcani – 16 March 1954, in

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the second largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, it has traditionally ...

) 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 and

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n politician, member of

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 ...

.Alexandru Chiriac, ''Mic dicționar al membrilor Sfatului Țării din Chișinău, (21 noiembrie 1917 — 27 noiembrie 1918)'', în „Patrimoniu. Revistă de cultură istorică”, Chișinău, nr.4/1991, p. 75.

Biography

Teofil Ioncu studied at the Moscow Higher Institute and the Higher Business School of the

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...

. From 1913-1914 he was one of the permanent contributors to the magazine ''Cuvânt Moldovenesc''.

Political activity

On 3 April 1917 he took part in the establishment of the

National Moldavian Party The National Moldavian Party was a political party in Bessarabia. History Prior to 1917, Bessarabian intelligentsia was divided between noblemen, conservatives, democrats, and socialists. Vasile Stroescu, a rich but very modest filantrop bo ...

. On 20 May 1917 he was elected president of the first Student Congress, which has as topic of discussion the election of the National Moldavian Party. In the summer of that year he was sent as a voting delegate by NMP from Chișinău near the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

to support the interests of Romanians in Bessarabia. He served as Member of the

Moldovan Parliament The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supreme representative body of the Republic of Moldova, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameral structure composed of 101 elected MPs on lists, for a period of 4 years. Parliamen ...

(1917–1918).

Awards

* Order of Ferdinand I, in the grade Commander; *

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, in the grade Officer.Alexandru Chiriac, ''op. cit.'', p. 77.

Gallery

Image:Stamp of Moldova 227.gif, Moldovan stamp, 1998

Bibliography

* Gheorghe E. Cojocaru, ''Sfatul Țării: itinerar'', Civitas, Chişinău, 1998, *Mihai Taşcă, ''Sfatul Țării şi actualele autorităţi locale'', "

Timpul de dimineaţă ''Timpul'' (Romanian for "The Time") is a literary magazine published in Romania. Originally a political newspaper, it was the official platform of the Conservative Party between 1876 and 1914. The publication is still active (2018) and publishe ...

", no. 114 (849), 27 June 2008 (page 16)

External links

Arhiva pentru Sfatul Tarii

Deputaţii Sfatului Ţării şi Lavrenti Beria

Notes

Romanian people of Moldovan descent 1885 births 1954 deaths People from Șoldănești District Moldovan MPs 1917–1918 Expatriates from the Russian Empire in Germany {{Romania-politician-stub