Armand Călinescu

Armand Călinescu (born June 4, 1893 in Piteşti , † September 21, 1939 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian politician and Prime Minister of the country until his death .

Life

Călinescu was the son of the veterinarian Mihai Călinescu and his wife Ecaterina nee Gherasim. After school, Călinescu studied law and philosophy at the University of Bucharest . He then did his doctorate in political science and economics in Paris .

As a member of the Partidul Național Țărănesc (PNŢ) he came to the Romanian parliament in 1926 . Later he was, among other things, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior and as such was responsible for repression measures against the Communist Party and the fascist Iron Guard .

After accepting the appointment as minister of the interior in the government of Octavian Goga , for which he was expelled from the PNŢ, he also held various ministerial posts in the subsequent government of Miron Cristea from 1938, including the office of vice prime minister and defense minister. After Cristea's death, on March 7, 1939, he was appointed by King Charles II to succeed him as Prime Minister of Romania, and he retained his post as Minister of Defense. Călinescu was a founding member of the Frontul Renaşterii Naţionale in December 1938 , which, with the approval of the king, established a one-party rule. In terms of foreign policy, in the midst of the European crisis that led to World War II , he oriented himself towards France and Great Britain. During the invasion of Poland , he allowed the Polish army to retreat into Romanian territory.

Călinescu was seen by the Iron Guard as one of the main people responsible for the repression of this group and in particular for the arrest and extra-legal execution of its leader Corneliu Codreanu and several of his supporters in November 1938. He was murdered in Bucharest on September 21, 1939 at the instigation of Codreanu's successor Horia Sima .

Web links

Commons : Armand Călinescu - collection of images, videos and audio files

Newspaper article about Armand Călinescu in the press kit 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

↑ Homepage Arhivele Naţionale ale României, Ottmar Traşcă, Robert Born: The German Reich, the Legionnaires' Movement and the Assassination of Prime Minister Armand Călinescu (PDF; 1.6 MB)

personal data
SURNAME	Călinescu, Armand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Romanian politician, prime minister of the country
DATE OF BIRTH	June 4, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pitesti
DATE OF DEATH	September 21, 1939
Place of death	Bucharest

[1] Homepage Arhivele Naţionale ale României, Ottmar Traşcă, Robert Born: The German Reich, the Legionnaires' Movement and the Assassination of Prime Minister Armand Călinescu (PDF; 1.6 MB)