Ion IC Brătianu

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ionel Brătianu

Ion Ion Constantin Brătianu , also called "Ionel" (born August 20, 1864 in Florica or Ștefăneşti , Romania ; † November 24, 1927 in Bucharest , Romania ) was a liberal Romanian politician and multiple prime minister .

Life

The eldest son of Ion C. Brătianu and thus brother of Constantin Brătianu and Vintilă Brătianu was trained as a railway engineer in France . In 1897 he was appointed Minister of Public Works, 1902–1904 and 1908–1909 he was Foreign Minister, before he took up the first of five terms as Romanian Prime Minister in 1909. In the same year he was elected chairman of the Partidul Național Liberal . His father was the Romanian head of government and national liberal party leader.

In a sharp dispute with the pro-German conservatives and King Charles I , Brătianu asserted Romania's neutrality in the First World War as Prime Minister from 1914 (and Foreign Minister from 1916) . The defensive alliance with the Triple Alliance did not oblige Romania to intervene. By August 1916 he even managed to get the Allies into the war. The aim of this approach was the annexation of Transylvania and other Hungarian areas after a victory over Austria-Hungary . A corresponding agreement was also concluded with the Allies in August 1916, whereupon Romanian troops marched into Transylvania. However, the army quickly collapsed due to a counter-offensive by the Central Powers and the country was almost completely occupied by German troops. Brătianu was deposed and brought to justice by a pro-German government. After the end of the war, however, he was again at the head of the government as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in November 1918, had anti-government demonstrations shot down in Bucharest on December 13, 1918 and took part in the Paris Peace Conference on the side of the victorious powers . There, the territorial gains promised in 1916 to Romania were not fully implemented, which led to vigorous protests by Brătianu and in October 1919 to his resignation.

In the 1919 elections, the liberal party was victorious again, despite the beginning of the rise of the peasant parties, and Ion IC Brătianu became a minister again in June 1920. Then in 1922 he was again Prime Minister and Minister of War. With the help of King Ferdinand and through election manipulation and the ban on the Communist Party (1924), he stayed in power until 1926 against a growing opposition. In terms of domestic politics, Brătianu relied on the development of a centralized administration in the post-war period, which was to integrate the country, which had largely grown through his initiative, as well as on massive industrialization. Outwardly, the Prime Minister leaned on Poland and thus on the Western powers . Immediately after Ionel's death, his brother Vintilă succeeded him as prime minister and party leader.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Christoph Kruspe, Jutta Arndt: Taschenlexikon Romania , page 47.Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1984

See also

Web links

Commons : Ion IC Brătianu  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Brătianu, Ion IC
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brătianu, Ion Ion Constantin; Brătianu, Ionel; Brătianu, Ioan; Bratianu, Joan; Bratiano, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Ștefăneşti , Wallachia
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1927
Place of death Bucharest