1910 - Constantin Cantacuzino-Paşcanu - fost preşedinte al Camerei Deputaţilor

Constantin Cantacuzino-Pașcanu (1856–January 30, 1927) was a

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n politician. Born into the

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n branch of the ''boyar''

Cantacuzino family The House of Cantacuzino (french: Cantacuzène) is a Romanian aristocratic family of Greek origin. The family gave a number of princes to Wallachia and Moldavia, and it claimed descent from a branch of the Byzantine Kantakouzenos family, specifica ...

, his father Lascarache was a ''vornic''. After completing legal studies at the

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, Cantacuzino returned home and joined the

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. He was first elected

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in 1891 and

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in 1903. From the time of its founding in 1908, he was a prominent member of the

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. Cantacuzino served as President of the Assembly of Deputies twice: February to April 1907 and December 1912 to January 1914. A number of laws were passed under his watch, including one for organizing the

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and another ratifying the Treaty of Bucharest. In the summer of 1914, he took part in the meetings of the Crown Council held at

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, arguing for Romania's neutrality in World War I. Two years later, he took part in the Crown Council meeting at

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, voting for Romania's entry into the war on the side of the

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. He became a senator by right in 1926,Ion Mamina, ''Monarhia constituțională în România'', p. 384. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică, 2000. and died the following year at

Neuilly-sur-Seine Neuilly-sur-Seine (; literally 'Neuilly on Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is a commune in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in France, just west of Paris. Immediately adjacent to the city, the area is composed of mostly select residentia ...

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 f ...

, ''Dicționar biografic de istorie a României'', p. 111. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2008.

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Constantin Constantin is an Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian male given name. It can also be a surname. For a list of notable people called Constantin, see Constantine (name). See also * Constantine (name) Constantine ( or ; Latin: ''Cōnsta ...

University of Paris alumni Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Senate of Romania Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) politicians Conservative-Democratic Party politicians Romanian expatriates in France