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Barbu Catargiu

1807 - 1862

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Barbu Catargiu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbarbu katarˈd͡ʒi.u]; 26 October 1807 – 8 June 1862) was a conservative Romanian politician and journalist. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 8 June that year. He was a staunch defender of the great estates of the boyars, and notably originated the conservative doctrine that "feudalism in Romania had never existed". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barbu Catargiu is the 13,377th most popular politician (down from 12,943rd in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Romania (down from 294th in 2019) and the 111th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Barbu Catargiu ranks 13,377 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaston Defferre, Ur-Nungal, Hrvoje Šarinić, Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Albrecht Haushofer, and Princess Eugénie of Greece and Denmark. After him are Paul Xuereb, Jagjivan Ram, Hetephernebti, Alphons Egli, Transamund II of Spoleto, and Wiglaf of Mercia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Barbu Catargiu ranks 38. Before him are Jane Digby, Pieter Willem Korthals, Auguste Laurent, Théophile Thoré-Bürger, Emily Donelson, and Friedrich Theodor Vischer. After him are Franz Xaver Fieber, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Ye Mingchen, Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Luigi Palmieri, and Johann Wilhelm Schirmer. Among people deceased in 1862, Barbu Catargiu ranks 43. Before him are Albert Sidney Johnston, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Carlos Anaya, Sofia Adlersparre, Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, and José María Bocanegra. After him are Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Felix de Muelenaere, František Škroup, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker, and Frederick Townsend Ward.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Barbu Catargiu ranks 301 out of 844. Before him are Sándor Végh (1912), Petrache Poenaru (1799), Gheorghe Apostol (1913), George Coșbuc (1866), Teodor Axentowicz (1859), and Ion Gigurtu (1886). After him are Viorica Dăncilă (1963), Lupu Pick (1886), Isidor Kaufmann (1853), Gheorghe Bibescu (1804), Ștefan Dobay (1909), and Florin Răducioiu (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Barbu Catargiu ranks 111. Before him are Ludovic Orban (1963), Lascăr Catargiu (1823), Alexandru Marghiloman (1854), Emil Boc (1966), Gheorghe Apostol (1913), and Ion Gigurtu (1886). After him are Viorica Dăncilă (1963), Gheorghe Bibescu (1804), Mugur Isărescu (1949), Aurel Popovici (1863), Béla Károlyi (1942), and Dimitrie Brătianu (1818).

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