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Barbu Catargiu | |
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| 1st Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 15 February 1862 – 20 June 1862 | |
| Monarch | Alexandru Ioan Cuza |
| Succeeded by | Nicolae Crețulescu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 October 1807 Bucharest, Wallachia |
| Died | 20 June 1862 (aged 54) Bucharest, Romanian United Principalities |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
Barbu Catargiu (26 October 1807 – 20 June [O.S. 8 June] 1862) was a conservative Romanian politician and journalist. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 20 June that year. He was a staunch defender of the great estates of the boyars,[1] and notably originated the conservative doctrine that "feudalism in Romania had never existed".[2]
- ^ Keith Hitchins, The Romanians 1774–1866 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996), p. 302.
- ^ Maria Nikolaeva Todorova, Balkan Identities: Nation and Memory (New York: NYU Press, 2004), p. 289