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Constantin Coandă | |
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| Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 24 October 1918 – 29 November 1918 | |
| Monarch | Ferdinand I of Romania |
| Preceded by | Alexandru Marghiloman |
| Succeeded by | Ion I. C. Brătianu |
| President of the Senate of Romania | |
| In office 22 June 1920 – 22 January 1922 | |
| Monarch | Ferdinand I of Romania |
| Preceded by | Paul Bujor |
| Succeeded by | Mihail Pherekyde |
| In office 18 July 1926 – 5 June 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Constantin I. Nicolaescu |
| Succeeded by | Constantin I. Nicolaescu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 March 1857 Craiova, Wallachia |
| Died | 30 September 1932 (aged 75) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Spouse | Aïda Danet |
| Children | 7 children (among them Henri Coandă) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Romanian Land Forces |
| Rank | General de corp de armată |
Constantin Coandă (4 March 1857 – 30 September 1932) [1] [2] was a Romanian soldier and politician who served as prime minister of Romania in 1918.
Biography
Constantin Coandă was born in Craiova. He reached the rank of general in the Romanian Army, and later became a mathematics professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest. Among his seven children was Henri Coandă, the discoverer of the Coandă effect.
During World War I, for a short time (24 October – 29 November 1918), he was the Prime Minister of Romania [3] and the Foreign Affairs Minister. He participated in the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly between the Allies of World War I and Bulgaria.
On 8 December 1920, during his term as President of the Senate of Romania (representing Alexandru Averescu's People's Party), he was badly wounded by a bomb set up by the terrorist and anarchist Max Goldstein.
Military functions
- Platoon commander in the 1st Artillery Regiment (1877 – 1883)
- Positions in military education at the Bucharest School of Artillery, Engineering and Naval Officers and at the Superior School of War
- Command and staff functions
- Commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment
- Commander of the 5th Army Corps
- Secretary General of the Ministry of War
- Commander of the Bucharest Citadel
- Military attaché in Berlin, Vienna and Paris
- Director of the Artillery Department of the Ministry of War
- Head of department in the General Staff
- Inspector General of Artillery.
Other positions
- Teacher at the Bucharest Bridge and Roads School
- Delegate to the International Conference in The Hague
- Military and diplomatic attaché near the Quarter of Tsar Nicholas II (1916 – 1918)
- Minister of Industry (March 20 – July 14, 1926)
- Minister Secretary of State (August 10, 1926 – June 4, 1927) .
Writings
- Artillery Course (1884 – 1885)
- Projectiles and Missiles (1884).
Death
Constantin Coandă died on 30 September 1932, aged 75, in Bucharest.
References
- ^ Schimbam, Uniti (29 November 2018). "Evenimentele Zilei de 29 noiembrie în Istorie". Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Nicolae Titulescu (1994). Romania's foreign policy: 1937. Encyclopaedic Publishing House. p. 305. ISBN 978-973-45-0092-5.
- ^ Kurt W. Treptow; Centrul de Studii Românești̦ (1999). Romania During the World War I Era. Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 9789739432016.
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Constantin Coandă | |
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| Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 24 October 1918 – 29 November 1918 | |
| Monarch | Ferdinand I of Romania |
| Preceded by | Alexandru Marghiloman |
| Succeeded by | Ion I. C. Brătianu |
| President of the Senate of Romania | |
| In office 22 June 1920 – 22 January 1922 | |
| Monarch | Ferdinand I of Romania |
| Preceded by | Paul Bujor |
| Succeeded by | Mihail Pherekyde |
| In office 18 July 1926 – 5 June 1927 | |
| Preceded by | Constantin I. Nicolaescu |
| Succeeded by | Constantin I. Nicolaescu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 March 1857 Craiova, Wallachia |
| Died | 30 September 1932 (aged 75) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Spouse | Aïda Danet |
| Children | 7 children (among them Henri Coandă) |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | Romanian Land Forces |
| Rank | General de corp de armată |
Constantin Coandă (4 March 1857 – 30 September 1932) [1] [2] was a Romanian soldier and politician who served as prime minister of Romania in 1918.
Biography
Constantin Coandă was born in Craiova. He reached the rank of general in the Romanian Army, and later became a mathematics professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest. Among his seven children was Henri Coandă, the discoverer of the Coandă effect.
During World War I, for a short time (24 October – 29 November 1918), he was the Prime Minister of Romania [3] and the Foreign Affairs Minister. He participated in the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly between the Allies of World War I and Bulgaria.
On 8 December 1920, during his term as President of the Senate of Romania (representing Alexandru Averescu's People's Party), he was badly wounded by a bomb set up by the terrorist and anarchist Max Goldstein.
Military functions
- Platoon commander in the 1st Artillery Regiment (1877 – 1883)
- Positions in military education at the Bucharest School of Artillery, Engineering and Naval Officers and at the Superior School of War
- Command and staff functions
- Commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment
- Commander of the 5th Army Corps
- Secretary General of the Ministry of War
- Commander of the Bucharest Citadel
- Military attaché in Berlin, Vienna and Paris
- Director of the Artillery Department of the Ministry of War
- Head of department in the General Staff
- Inspector General of Artillery.
Other positions
- Teacher at the Bucharest Bridge and Roads School
- Delegate to the International Conference in The Hague
- Military and diplomatic attaché near the Quarter of Tsar Nicholas II (1916 – 1918)
- Minister of Industry (March 20 – July 14, 1926)
- Minister Secretary of State (August 10, 1926 – June 4, 1927) .
Writings
- Artillery Course (1884 – 1885)
- Projectiles and Missiles (1884).
Death
Constantin Coandă died on 30 September 1932, aged 75, in Bucharest.
References
- ^ Schimbam, Uniti (29 November 2018). "Evenimentele Zilei de 29 noiembrie în Istorie". Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Nicolae Titulescu (1994). Romania's foreign policy: 1937. Encyclopaedic Publishing House. p. 305. ISBN 978-973-45-0092-5.
- ^ Kurt W. Treptow; Centrul de Studii Românești̦ (1999). Romania During the World War I Era. Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 9789739432016.
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| Other | |
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- 1857 births
- 1932 deaths
- People from Craiova
- People from the Principality of Wallachia
- People's Party (interwar Romania) politicians
- Prime ministers of Romania
- Romanian Ministers of Foreign Affairs
- Romanian Ministers of Industry and Commerce
- Presidents of the Senate of Romania
- Members of the Senate of Romania
- Romanian Land Forces generals
- Romanian Army World War I generals
- Romanian people of World War I
- Academic staff of the Politehnica University of Bucharest
- People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Romanian military personnel stubs
- Romanian politician stubs