1. 100 YEARS SINCE THE GREAT UNION IN 1918
Alexandru Averescu
STUDENTS:
Martac Vlad
Dobraniste Alexandru
GROUP: 8312COORDINATING TEACHER: S.L
FRUMUȘELU MIHAI DANIEL
2. ALEXANDRU AVERESCU
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 Moldaviain 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.
3. EARLY LIFE AND CAREER
Averescu was born
in Ozerne (previously known
as Babele, and subsequently
renamed Alexandru Averescu),
a village northwest of Izmail,
now part of Ukraine. The son of
Constantin Averescu, who held
the rank of sluger, he studied at
the Romanian
Orthodoxseminary in Izmail,
then at the School of Arts and
Crafts in Bucharest (intending
to become an engineer). In
1876, he decided to join
the Gendarmes in Izmail.
4. WORLD WAR AND FIRST CABINET
During the World War (which
Romania entered in
1916), Marshal Alexandru
Averescu led the Second
Romanian Army in the defense of
the Southern Carpathians, and
was then moved to the head of the
Third Army (following the latter's
defeat in the Battle of
Turtucaia).[1] He commanded Army
Group South in the Flămânda
operation against the Third
Bulgarian Army and other forces
of the Central Powers, ultimately
stopped by the German offensive
5. FINAL YEARS
Around 1934, as the Guard proclaimed its
allegiance to Nazi Germany, the Italians (still
rivals of Adolf Hitler), approached Averescu (as
well as Manoilescu, Nicolae Iorga, Nichifor
Crainic, Cuza, Goga, and other non-Guardist
reactionaries), with an offer for collaboration.