1) Iuliu Maniu was a prominent Romanian politician who played a key role in Romania's Great Union in 1918 which unified Transylvania with Romania. 2) As the chairman of the Congressional Council, Maniu successfully integrated the Transylvanian administration into reunited Romania after the union. 3) Maniu fought against Austrian-Hungarian oppression in Transylvania, the domination of Ionel Bratianu in politics, and later Soviet influence in Romania as an advocate for democracy and opponent of authoritarianism.

1. 100 YEARS SINCE THE GREAT
UNION IN 1918.
Prof coordonator : Mihai Daniel Frumuselu
Student : Stan Maricica
Group : 8316

2. Iuliu Maniu
Iuliu Maniu(born 8 January 1873, Şimleul Silvaniei, Sălajcounty -d. 5 February 1953, Sighet), jurist, one of the most
prestigious politicians in the history of Romania, honorary member of the Romanian Academy of June 7, 1919. a political
career that had lasted for 56 years, IuliuManiuwas among the great statesmen of our country, fighting with perseverance
against authoritarian tendencies as a true defender of democracy.

3. He was actively involved in the realization of the Great Union on
December 1, 1918, and from the position of chairman of the Congressional
Council succeeded the rapid integration of the Transylvanian
administration into the reunited Romania. The quality that put him at the
forefront of the political scene was impeccable morality, which is why he
was called the "Bardinian sphinx", the place where he had grown up and
where he matured to retire to rest. However, IuliuManiuremained in the
public consciousness as the permanent leader of the opposition, a field
that could not be equaled.

4. He fought an unceasing struggle
against the Austro-Hungarian
oppression of the Romanian
Transylvania, against the domination
of IonelBratianuin the political life and
against the sovietisationof the country
by the communist authorities.

5. The Romanian National
Council, convening the meeting
in Alba Iulia on 1 December 1918,
instructed Iuliu Maniuto organize
the National Assembly. On his
way to Alba Iulia, he stops at Blaj,
and here he makes a speech in
which he paid a last tribute to
that citadel of Romanianism. •
The attitude of the Hungarian
government in Budapest towards
the National Assembly convened
in Alba Iulia. For this purpose,
Maniu made a trip to Budapest..

6. ■ Arriving in the Hungarian capital, he
immediately sought to meet JasziOskar,
the minister (for minorities), to settle the
matter. After about 15 years, Oskar Jaszi,
then a professor at a university in the
United States, visiting IuliuManiuon his
life from Bădăcin-reminding him of the
past -told that at that time the Social
Democrats and count
CountTeodorBatthany, the interior
minister in that government, demanded
that Maniube immediately arrested and
sued for high treason.

7. December 1, 1918, was the day of Sunday, beginning with
the Divine Liturgy. At the sound of the bells, all the Romanians
turned to the church. After the Liturgy, the 1 228
representatives of the Romanians gather in the large hall of the
Military Casinos in Alba Iulia.The approximately 100,000
Romanians were waiting outside, on the Field of Horea, for the
coming of the orators, to present the act of union. Famous
memoirs George Pop de Băseşti, who is elected and honorary
chairman of the assembly,Vasile Goldişand IuliuManiu, are
today, and they are true oratory lessons today.

8. The Alba Iulia speech and
Maniu'scontribution to the Great
Union did not enjoy much
attention from historians during
the communist era, because it
could not be forgiven that after
the SecondWorldWar it was the
symbol of anticommunist
resistance in Romania.
Maniu'sspeech from 1
December 1918 is a historical
approach framed in the
Mantutianspirit, echoing from the
BlajCathedral, in the voice of
TreboniuLaurian, on the Freedom
Plain here. IuliuManiuplayed a
decisive role in all the great
moments of 1918 and in what was
decided at Alba Iulia