Marshal Alexandru Averescu was a prominent Romanian military leader and politician in the early 20th century. He served as the Commander of the Romanian Armed Forces during World War I and later became Prime Minister leading three separate cabinets between 1920-1921. Averescu first gained attention for helping repress a violent peasant revolt in 1907 and is credited with engineering the successful defense of Moldavia against attack during World War I from 1916-1917, which added to his popularity and allowed him to found the successful People's Party political party.

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Alexandru Averescu (3 April 1859 – 2 October 1938) was a Romanian
marshal and populist politician. A Romanian Armed Forces
Commander during World War I, he served as Prime Minister of three
separate cabinets (as well as being interim Foreign Minister in January–
March 1918 and Minister without portfolio in 1938). He first rose to
prominence during the peasants' revolt of 1907, which he helped
repress in violence. Credited with engineering the defense of Moldavia
in the 1916–1917 Campaign, he built on his popularity to found and
lead the successful People's Party, which he brought to power in 1920–
1921, with backing from King Ferdinand I and the National Liberal
Party (PNL), and with the notable participation of Constantin
Argetoianu and Take Ionescu.