1. ALEXANDRU MARGHILOMAN
Alexandru Marghiloman (4 July 1854 – 10 May 1925)
was a Romanian conservative statesman who served for a
short time in 1918 (March–October) as Prime Minister of
Romania, and had a decisive role during World War I.
POPESCU Teodor-Florentin, MIEADR IEA , GROUP 8102
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest,Romania
59 Mărăști Blvd., District 1, 011464,Bucharest,Romania
Keywords: Alexandru,Marghiloman,Romania,World war
Born in Buzău, he entered the Saint Sava National College in Bucharest, and then studied Law in Paris.
Marghiloman was elected to the Romanian Parliament in 1884, and joined the government in 1888.
A member of the Conservative Party, he supported cooperation with the German Empire and Austria-
Hungary in the Triple Alliance, and, at the beginning of World War I, he favoured neutrality. Romania remained neutral
until 1916, when she entered on the Allied side and this was the reason he refused a seat in the Ion Brătianu's liberal
government.
After the Germans occupied Bucharest, he remained there as the president of the Romanian Red Cross,
and acted as a mediator between the German occupation authorities and the Romanian population. He rejected the ideas of
the German side of forming a parallel administration to King Ferdinand I's government that was moved to Iaşi.
Early career
In his private life, Marghiloman was also an enthusiastic horse breeder: horses owned by him
won the Romanian Derby 28 times. His large estate, the Albatros Villa (named after one of his horses)
in Buzău, was for a long time a meeting place for Conservative politicians.
Marghiloman gave his name to Marghiloman coffee, Turkish coffee boiled in brandy.
Trivia
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru_Marghiloman
Acknowledgements
Coordinating teacher: Mihai Daniel Frumuselu
