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Prince Nicolae Crețulescu (, surname also spelled Kretzulescu; 1 March 1812 – 26 June 1900) was a Prince
Prince Nicolae Crețulescu (, surname also spelled Kretzulescu; 1 March 1812 – 26 June 1900) was a Prince Wallachia
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n, later Romania
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n politician and physician
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. He is an aristocrat and member of the Kretzulescu family. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, and from 1865 to 1866. He was elected to the Romanian Academy. He was the 3rd president of the Romanian Academy from 1872 to 1873.
Born in Bucharest
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, he studied medicine in Paris, having Gustave Flaubert
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as a colleague. As a physician, his notable work was the translation of Jean Cruveilhier's manual of anatomy
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A member of the Liberal faction, Crețulescu first became prime minister after the assassination
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of Barbu Catargiu, under ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza
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. He avoided debating the issue of land reform
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, at that time the most contentious subject in Romanian politics; instead, Crețulescu focused on unifying the public health
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system, creating the Directorate General of the Public Archive, and establishing a Council for Public Instruction. Additionally, he laid the groundwork for further laws secularizing the property of monasteries.
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