Great Union Day is Romania's national holiday celebrated on December 1st to commemorate the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina with Romania in 1918. The union was declared at a meeting of ethnic Romanian delegates in Alba Iulia and established a government led by Iuliu Maniu. Maniu was a prominent Romanian politician who advocated for Transylvania's union with Romania and later served three terms as Prime Minister, though he had conflicts with King Carol over Transylvania's status.

1. Great Union Day
Students: Teacher: Frumușelu Mihai Daniel
Calen Ramona-Georgiana
Antonescu Simona
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2. Great Union Day occurring on December 1, is the national
holiday of Romania. It marks the unification
of Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina with the Romanian
Kingdom in 1918. This holiday was set after the Romanian
Revolution and commemorates the assembly of the delegates of
ethnic Romanians held in Alba Iulia, which declared the Union of
Transylvania with Romania.

3. • The next day, on December 2, 1918,
the High National Romanian Council
of Transylvania formed a government
under the name of Directory Council
of Transylvania (Consiliul Dirigent al
Transilvaniei), headed by Iuliu
Maniu.
• The Great Union is linked to the
personalities of King
Ferdinand,Queen Maria and state
man Ionel Brătianu.

4. • Iuliu Maniu was a Romanian politician. A
leader of the National
Party of Transylvania and Banat before and
after World War I, he served as Prime
Minister of Romania for three terms during
1928–1933, and, with Ion Mihalache, co-
founded the National Peasants' Party.
• After King Ferdinand I dissolved the
Parliament, Iuliu Maniu found himself at
odds with the national leadership, especially
after the new Prime Minister Alexandru
Averescu dissolved the Transylvanian Council
in April 1920. Consequently, Maniu refused
to attend King Ferdinand's Crowning
ceremony as King of Greater Romania (held
in Alba Iulia, in 1922), seeing it as an attempt
to tie multi-religious Transylvania to
Orthodoxy.

5. • In 1930, Maniu manoeuvered against the Constitution, and,
together with Gheorghe Mironescu, brought about Carol's
return and deposition of his son Michael. However, Carol
did not respect the terms of his agreement with Maniu,
refusing to resume his marriage to Queen Elena. After
alternating governments of Maniu and Vaida-Voevod that
had brought the party into conflict with the King's inner
circle and with his lover Magda Lupescu, during its tenure
his government was faced with a strike by coal miners in
the Jiu Valley and major social and economic problems
caused by the Great Depression. Maniu resigned for the
third and final time on 13 January 1933, due to his ongoing
conflict with King Carol.

6. • On December 1,
1998, the
Monument of Iuliu
Maniu from
Bucharest was
unveiled. In Bădăcin
the house Iuliu
Maniu was
recovered, in which
a museum will be
arranged.

7. • Bibliography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iuliu_Maniu
https://www.historia.ro/sectiune/portret/artic
ol/iuliu-maniu-morala-si-politica