Constantin D. Dimitriu-Dovlecel (December 9, 1872 – October 27, 1945) 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 lawyer and politician. Born in

Târgoviște Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River. Târgoviște was one of the ...

, he was the son of a wealthy property owner and tradesman from the town. He graduated from two faculties of the University of Bucharest: law (1894) and literature and philosophy (1895). Dimitriu then returned to Târgoviște, where he practiced law. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he was first elected to the Assembly of Deputies in 1901. In 1907, he became

prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's ...

Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (also spelt ''Dîmbovița'', ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It has an area of ...

. From 1914 to 1916, he was general secretary at the Religious Affairs and Education Ministry. During the interwar period, Dimitriu formed part of two PNL cabinets. He was Communications Minister from June 1927 to November 1928 under Barbu Știrbey, Ion I. C. and

Vintilă Brătianu Vintilă Ion Constantin Brătianu (16 September 1867 – 22 December 1930) was a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between 24 November 1927 and 9 November 1928. He and his brothers Ion I. C. Brătianu and Dinu Brătianu ...

; and Minister of Labor, Health and Social Protection from November 1933 to February 1934, under

Ion G. Duca Ion Gheorghe Duca (; 20 December 1879 – 29 December 1933) was Romanian politician and the Prime Minister of Romania from 14 November to 29 December 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement. ...

and

Gheorghe Tătărescu : ''For the artist, see Gheorghe Tattarescu.'' Gheorghe I. Tătărescu (also known as ''Guță Tătărescu'', with a slightly antiquated pet form of his given name; 2 November 1886 – 28 March 1957) was a Romanian politician who served twice as P ...

. Concurrently, he was vice president of the national institute of administrative sciences and contributed to the magazines ''

Convorbiri Literare ''Convorbiri Literare'' ( Romanian: ''Literary Talks'') is a Romanian literary magazine published in Romania. It is among the most important journals of the nineteenth-century Romania. History and profile ''Convorbiri Literare'' was founded by ...

'' and ''Viața''. First elected to the

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in 1927,Ion Mamina, ''Monarhia constituțională în România'', p. 389. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică, 2000. he served as

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from November 1935 to November 1936.

Dinu C. Giurescu Dinu C. Giurescu (15 February 1927 – 24 April 2018) was a Romanian historian and politician. Biography He was born in Bucharest in 1927, the son of historian Constantin C. Giurescu. After attending the Saint Sava High School, he graduated fro ...

, ''Dicționar biografic de istorie a României'', pp. 172-3. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2008.

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