Constantin N. Brăiloiu (October 3, 1809 or 1810–June 19, 1889) was a

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n and

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n politician. Born in

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, he was the oldest child of Nicolae Brăiloiu and his wife, Zoe or Zinca (''née'' Vlădăianu or Vlădoianu). He had two brothers, one of whom died early, and three sisters. His father, born to Iordache Zătreanu and Marghioala Brăiloiu, had been adopted by ''

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'' Dumitrache Brăiloiu around 1788. Brăiloiu, Vlădăianu and Zătreanu are all old ''

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'' families from the

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region. Constantin was married twice: to Coralia Ghica-Brigadier, and then to Ecaterina (Catinca) Hagi Moscu. He had three sons and three daughters by the latter. One of the daughters, Maria, married Anton Berindei. A son, Nicolae, was the father of

Constantin Brăiloiu Constantin Brăiloiu (13 August 1893 – 20 December 1958) was a Romanian composer and internationally known ethnomusicologist. He was born in Bucharest, the scion of an old boyar family from Oltenia. His father, Nicolae Brăiloiu, and his ...

. Starting in 1822, Brăiloiu went to school abroad, in

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, Geneva and Paris. By 1832, he was a supplementary bureaucrat at the state secretariat. He was also prosecutor at the criminal section of the judicial court (1837), at the court of appeals (1841, 1842) and a member of the criminal appeals court (1853). In 1855, he returned to the secretariat as assessor. The following year, he was named to the committee handling the freeing of the Roma slaves. Subsequently, he was a member of the high court of justice and, in 1859, president of the commercial court.Vlad, p. 36 In 1838 and from 1841 to 1843, Brăiloiu taught criminal law, civil and commercial judicial procedure at Saint Sava College. Following the

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, he became director of the country's school administration. Meanwhile, he steadily rose in the ranks of the nobility: ''

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'' (1841), ''

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'' (1847), ''

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'' (1850) and '' aga'' (1855)—in other words, from ninth in the hierarchy to fifth. From 1859, at the time of the

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, Brăiloiu entered politics. He was an incisive journalist, as attested by his contributions to ''Conservatorul Progresist'', ''Unirea'', ''Desbaterile'' and ''Timpul''. He was also among the most active conservative elected officials of the time. In 1859, he was sent as a

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deputy to Wallachia's elective assembly, joining the legislative assembly in 1861. From 1859 to 1861, he sat on the central committee in

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, coordinating policy with his counterparts from

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. He was state secretary from 1858 to 1859, and was twice

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under

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. His first stint in this office was in April–May 1861, covering Wallachia alone; then, from January to June 1862, he served in a unified government for all Romania. Between 1862 and 1864, he took part in the debates of the legislative assembly. In 1866, the electors of

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sent Brăiloiu to represent them in the constituent assembly. He was in the Assembly of Deputies in 1873-1874 and re-elected for Gorj in 1875. From February to May 1876, he was Assembly President.Ion Alexandrescu, ''Enciclopedia de istorie a României'', vol. II, p. 71. Bucharest: Editura Meronia, 2000, Additionally, he was

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for

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in 1866 and 1868, and for Craiova in 1869.Vlad, p. 37 Brăiloiu died in Bucharest in 1889 and was buried at

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. Catinca followed in 1904.

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References

* Laurențiu Vlad
"Scurte note cu privire la cenzura din Țara Românească. Doua episoade din biografia lui Constantin N. Brăiloiu (1849-1850, 1858)"
in ''Analele Universității București'', Seria Științe Politice, vol. 4 (2002). pp. 33–42. {{DEFAULTSORT:Brailoiu, Constantin N. 19th-century births 1889 deaths Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Members of the Senate of Romania Ministers of justice of Romania Government ministers of the Principality of Wallachia Agas of the Wallachian police Serdari of Wallachia Romanian prosecutors 19th-century Romanian judges Romanian schoolteachers Romanian civil servants Romanian journalists Burials at Bellu Cemetery Year of birth uncertain 19th-century people from the Principality of Wallachia