Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
Prime Minister of Romania
In office
23 April 1899-19 July 1900
4 January 1906-24 March 1907
President of the Senate of Romania
In office
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President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
In office
16 November 1889 - 22 February 1891
Romanian Minister of Public Instruction
In office
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Personal details
Born(1833-09-22)22 September 1833
Died22 March 1913(1913-03-22) (aged 79)
Political partyConservative
ChildrenGrigore and Mihail
RelativesCantacuzino family
Alexandrina Cantacuzino (daughter-in-law)

Prince Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (22 September 1833 – 22 March 1913), was a Romanian politician and lawyer, one of the leading Conservative Party policymakers. Among his political posts were minister of public instruction in Romania, president of the chamber, and president of the senate.[1] He twice served as the Prime Minister of Romania: between 23 April 1899 and 19 July 1900, and between 4 January 1906 and 24 March 1907. He resigned from office after failing to put down the large-scale peasants' revolt. He was the 20th Romanian politician to serve as Prime Minister.

The wealthy Cantacuzino was born into the aristocratic Cantacuzino family, of Phanariote origins. He built the Cantacuzino Palace of Bucharest and the Cantacuzino Castle of Bușteni. He was the father of Grigore Gheorghe Cantacuzino and Mihail G. Cantacuzino, as well as the father-in-law of Alexandrina Pallady-Cantacuzino.

References

  1. ↑ Gaster, Moses (1911). "Cantacuzino s.v. Gheorge Cantacuzino" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 208.
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