Nicolae Golescu

Nicolae Golescu (* 1810 in Câmpulung, † 1878) was Romanian statesman.

Nicolae Golescu, born as the scion of a Wallachian boyar, a brother of Ştefan Golescu, received his education in Geneva. 1829 returned to Wallachia, he joined the local military and became a ruler and adjutant of Alexandru Ghica Gospodars promoted.

Later he entered into the civil service and held various high offices. After the outbreak of the Wallachian Revolution of 1848, he played a prominent role and had a few months for the overall management of all affairs of the principality in his hands.

After the Russian-Turkish occupation of the country arrested, he escaped and made ​​his home in Paris on. Only by the Peace of Paris in 1856 his exile was ended. When he returned to Wallachia in July 1857 he was elected by the city of Bucharest with a large majority in the sofa, the union of the two Danubian Principalities decided on October 21, raised to the Vice President of this Assembly and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet appointed, which, according to the double election of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza ( Alexandru Ioan I. Prince ) went to the head of affairs.

In 1860 he was minister of war, but resigned in 1861 because he did not agree with the policy of the prince, and joined the most determined opposition to. In 1866 he was at the head of the conspiracy, which crashed Cuza (February 23 ), and was the head of the provisional government.

On 12 May 1868, he was commissioned by Prince Karl of Hohenzollern ( Carol I ) foreign minister and prime minister and oppression of the Israelites unrest; released back in November, he was elected President of the Senate. Golésco belonged to the extreme national party which aspired to wresting from Turkey and unification of all Romanians into one state. Unhappy with Prince Charles, he tried along with other boyars to proclaim the Republic on August 20, 1870 in Ploieşti, was arrested, but acquitted by the jury on October 29.

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  • Prime Minister (Romania )
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs (Romania )
  • Romanian
  • Born in 1810
  • Died in 1878
  • Man
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