Dinu Brătianu

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Constantin Ion Constantion Brătianu (1932), called "Dinu"
In contrast to his father, his uncle and his brothers Ionel (center) and Vintilă (right), Constantin (left) never became head of government; and as party leader he only led part of the National Liberal Party

Constantin Ion Constantin Brătianu (born  January 13 or February 11, 1866 in Florica or Bucharest , Romania , †  1948 in Bucharest or 1950 in Sighet ), called "Dinu" (from Constandin , less common spelling), was a liberal Romanian politician and Banker. He was the son of the former Prime Minister Ion Constantin Brătianu , the nephew of the former Prime Minister Dimitrie Brătianu and the brother of Ionel Brătianu and Vintilă Brătianu , who were also Romanian Prime Ministers between 1909 and 1928 .

Like his brothers, Constantin Brătianu first studied engineering in Paris, but then chose a banking profession. Since 1895 he was a member of parliament for the National Liberal Party (Partidul Național Liberal) founded by his father . In Ionel's or Vintilă Brătianu government he was State Secretary from 1927 to 1928 , in Ion Duca's cabinet he became Minister of Finance in 1933. After Duca's murder, in 1934, like his brothers before, Constantin Brătianu took over the chairmanship of the National Liberal Party; Prime Minister 1934-1937 was not Brătianu, but his party rival, General Secretary Gheorghe Tătărescu , who had also been State Secretary in Ionel and Vintilăs governments and in Duca's cabinet minister. Constantin Brătianu actually only led the conservative wing of the National Liberal Party; Constantin's nephew, Ionel's son Gheorghe Brătianu , had split off a pro-fascist splinter group from the party in 1930 , but was reconciled with his uncle and his party in 1938. All parties were initially banned or made illegal in 1938, but Tătărescu was again prime minister from 1939 to 1940 under the royal dictatorship of Carol II . Both of them went into opposition to the fascist Antonescu dictatorship following Carol II , but Brătianu allied himself with Iuliu Maniu (the former political opponent of Vintilă Brătianu) and conducted secret negotiations only with Great Britain and the USA during World War II , while Tătărescu also made contact with Soviet Union was looking for.

Like the wing of the party led by Tătărescu on May 25, 1944, Constantin Brătianu's National Liberal Party and Manius' Peasant Party concluded an opposition alliance with the Communist Party on June 20, 1944 and supported the Romanian revolution of August 23, 1944 . Constantin Brătianu and his cousin Constantin Constantin Ion Brătianu (1887-1956), known as "Bebe" (1887-1956), were among the subsequent transitional governments of Constantin Sănătescu (for which Constantin Brătianu, as deputy prime minister , concluded the armistice with the Allies on September 12, 1944) and Nicolae Rădescu . i.e. baby), Minister until March 6, 1945. However, in contrast to Tătărescu, Brătianu did not join the communist-led coalition government formed by Petru Groza and took on the role of one of the two opposition leaders alongside Maniu, even if - in accordance with the demands of the USA and Great Britain at the Paris Peace Conference - Brătianu's party in January 1946 it was accepted into the coalition and Brătianu's confidante Mihail Romniceanu temporarily became State Secretary or Minister of State. After the defeat of his party in the elections in November 1946 and after the government's nationalization of the Romanian National Bank on December 20, 1946 , in which the Brătianu family was a major shareholder, Constantin Brătianu retired into private life. Finance minister and supervisor of the bank was at that time Tătărescu's party friend Alexandru Alexandrini , Tătărescu himself remained foreign minister and deputy prime minister until November 1947.

According to other sources, Constantin Brătianu withdrew into private life as early as November or December 1944, when Tătărescu had founded his own National Liberal Party. According to other sources, Constantin Brătianu should not have withdrawn but was arrested and died in Sighet prison.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d britannica.com : Constantin Brătianu
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Christoph Kruspe, Jutta Arndt: Taschenlexikon Romania , pages 46, 151 and 207. Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1984
  3. ↑ a b c d Biographical lexicon on the history of Southeast Europe: Brătianu, Constantin
  4. ↑ Barbara Hutzelmann, Mariana Hausleitner, Souzana Hazan: Persecution and Murder of Jews 1933–1945 , Volume 13 (Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria), pages 429 and 456. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2018
  5. ↑ a b c Constantin IC Bratianu , Internationales Biographisches Archiv 30/1948 of July 12, 1948 (lm), in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
  6. ^ Lexicon in one volume , page 131. VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1953
  7. ^ Propylaea: The clever alphabet , first volume, page 298. Ullstein Verlag, Berlin 1957
  8. ^ Walter Theimer : Lexikon der Politik , page 575. Lehnen Verlag Munich 1951
  9. ^ Biographical encyclopedia on the history of Southeastern Europe: Brătianu, Vintilă IC
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SURNAME Brătianu, Constantin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brătianu, Constantin Ion Constantin; Brătianu, Dinu; Brătianu, Constandin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1866 or February 11, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Florica , Romania
DATE OF DEATH 1948 or 1950