Gheorghe Rosnovanu or Gheorghe Ruset Roznovanu (March 1, 1832–October 2, 1904) was a

Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...

n-born

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n soldier and politician. A scion of the Moldavian '' boyar''

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, his parents were ''

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'' Alexandru Rosnovanu and his wife Ruxandra Callimachi. After finishing his schooling, he entered the Imperial Russian Army. Rosnovanu served there until 1857, when he entered the Moldavian Army as a second lieutenant. He advanced to major in 1858 and resigned as a colonel in 1863 from what was now the

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. A conservative, he belonged to the constituent assembly of 1866, and was first elected to the Assembly of Deputies in 1867. Returned to active service in 1869, he was for a time

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Neamț County Neamț County () is a county (județ) of Romania, in the historic region of Moldavia, with the county seat at Piatra Neamț. The county takes its name from the Neamț River. Demographics Population In 2011, it had a population of 470,766 ...

until 1876. He then practiced as a lawyer. Rosnovanu participated in the

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. In 1879, he was elected to the Senate. He left the army for good in 1884. From May to December 1891, he was Assembly President. Rosnovanu died in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

.Ion Mamina, ''Monarhia constituțională în România'', p. 409. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică, 2000. A high school in Roznov bears his name.

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