Ion Emanuel Florescu
Ion Emanuel Florescu , also Johann Emmanuel Florescu , (born August 7, 1819 in Râmnicu Vâlcea ; † May 10, 1893 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian general and politician .
Florescu graduated from the military school in Saint-Cyr near Paris . In 1854 he was assigned to the Russian generals Lüders and Dannenberg as a colonel in the Russian army during the Crimean War .
Florescu was one of the influential members of the Boyar Party and one of Russia's most staunch supporters . He was promoted to general and was often Minister of War under Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza as well as under Karl I. , most recently in the conservative cabinet of Lascăr Catargiu from 1871 to 1876.
Because of an indictment he was unable to take part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877/78. After the charges were withdrawn, Florescu became a member of the Senate and its president, as well as one of the leaders of the Conservative party.
After the overthrow of the Manu Ministry , Florescu formed a new cabinet with Catargiu on March 2, 1891, but it resigned in December 1891.
Web links
- Biography Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 6. Leipzig 1906, pp. 707–708.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Florescu, Ion Emanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Florescu, Johann Emmanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Romanian general and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Râmnicu Vâlcea |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1893 |
| Place of death | Bucharest |