Iuliu Maniu was a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania for three terms between 1928-1933. He was a leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War II, and co-founded the National Peasants' Party. In 1918, Maniu led an intensive unionist campaign that resulted in Transylvania separating from Austria-Hungary and joining Romania. He became the head of Transylvania's Directory Council after the union. However, Maniu later opposed some actions by King Ferdinand I and Prime Minister Alexandru Averescu, seeing them as attempts to tie multi-religious Transylvania more closely to Orthodoxy.

1. Iuliu Maniu (January 8, 1873 – February 5, 1953) was a Romanian politician. A leader of the National
Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War II, he served as Prime Minister of Romania for three
terms during 1928–1933, and, with Ion Mihalache, co-founded the National Peasants' Party.
Together with such figures as Vasile Goldiș, Gheorghe Pop de Băsești, the Romanian
Orthodox cleric Miron Cristea, and Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, he engaged in an intensive unionist campaign, leading
to the Alba Iulia gathering on December 1, 1918 (during which Romanians demanded separation from Austria-
Hungary). On December 2, Maniu became head of Transylvania's Directory Council - a position equivalent to
interim governorship.
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 (with support from the National Liberals)
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. At the same time, the PNR rejected the centralization imposed by the 1923
Constitution favored by Brătianu, and demanded that any constitutional reform be passed by a Constituent
Assembly and not by a regular vote in Parliament.
Dragu Adrian, MIEADR IEA, Group 8101
Coordinating teacher: Mihai Daniel Frumușelu
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania
” I do not manage to intimidate myself, I do not deviate from my
path, I do not change my decisions, I think what is good for the country and for the
people, that's what they do.”
Keywords: politician, leader, prime minister, Parliament
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