Ioan N. Lahovary or Ion Lahovari; January 25, 1844 – June 14, 1915) was a member of

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n aristocracy, a politician and diplomat who served as the

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Ioan Lahovary was the brother of Alexandru Lahovary, who also previously served as foreign minister and General Iacob Lahovary who was his predecessor in the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and later Minister of War. He was the father of the Princess Marthe Bibesco, a famous Romanian writer. He was elected deputy, being a member of the

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since 1871. Lahovary served two terms as foreign minister: from April 11, 1899, until July 6, 1900, in the Gheorghe Gr. Cantacuzino Cabinet and March 12, 1907, until December 27, 1908. He was a member of the senate from the conservative party, and he also served as chairman of the Senate. Ioan Lahovary died on June 14, 1915, in

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File:NSPetrescuGaina - Generalul Ioan Lahovary.jpg, Ioan Lahovary - caricature by Nicolae S. Petrescu-Găină File:1899 - Ion Lahovary, sursa Adevărul, 12, nr. 3496, 14 aprilie 1899.PNG, Ioan Lahovary's photo, appeared in the ''Adevărul'' newspaper in 1899 File:Bellu 130222 88.jpg, Grave at

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