Gheorghe Mârzescu (1834–April 13, 1911) was a

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n politician and lawyer.

Biography

Born in

Iași Iași ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names), also referred to mostly historically as Jassy ( , ), is the Cities in Romania, third largest city in Romania and the seat of Iași County. Located in the historical ...

, he received a law degree from the University of Paris in 1858, and became professor of civil law at

Iași University The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in , Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former was converted to a university, the University of , as it was named ...

, before transferring to the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest (UB) () is a public university, public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy of Bucharest, P ...

in 1896. Initially a supporter of

Mihail Kogălniceanu Mihail Kogălniceanu (; also known as Mihail Cogâlniceanu, Michel de Kogalnitchan; September 6, 1817 – July 1, 1891) was a Romanian Liberalism, liberal statesman, lawyer, historian and publicist; he became Prime Minister of Romania on Octo ...

, he remained a liberal, although he frequently clashed with Ion C. Brătianu. He served twice as Religious Affairs Minister (December 1869-April 1870 and November 1896-March 1897). During the latter term, he was part of the

Petre S. Aurelian Petre Sebeșanu Aurelian, () 13 December 1833 – 24 January 1909, was a Romanian economist, politician and academic. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he served as a Prime Minister of Romania between 2 December 1896 and 12 April 1 ...

cabinet, and helped ease the conflict provoked by the dismissal of Metropolitan Bishop

Ghenadie Petrescu Ghenadie Petrescu (; March 1836 – August 31, 1918) was a Wallachian, later Romanian priest of the national Orthodox church, who served as Metropolitan-Primate of Romania from 1893 to 1896. Ghenadie was a monk and hieromonk steadily progressing ...

by the

Dimitrie A. Sturdza Prince Dimitrie Sturdza (, in full Prince Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza-Miclăușanu; 10 March 183321 October 1914) was a Romanian statesman and author of the late 19th century, and president of the Romanian Academy between 1882 and 1884. He is an a ...

government. His son was Gheorghe Gh. Mârzescu.Constantin Grigore and Miliana Șerbu,
Miniștrii de interne (1862–2007)
'', p. 129. Editura Ministerului Internelor și Reformei Administrative, Bucharest, 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Marzescu, Gheorghe 1834 births 1911 deaths Politicians from Iași 19th-century Romanian lawyers University of Paris alumni Academic staff of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Ministers of culture of Romania National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians