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Ion Emanuel Florescu

1819 - 1893

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Ioan Emanoil Florescu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈo̯aŋ emanoˈil floˈresku]; 7 August 1819, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Wallachia – 10 May 1893, Paris, France) was a Romanian army general who served as Prime Minister of Romania for a short time in a provisional government in 1876 (4 April – 26 April) and then in 1891 (2 March – 29 December). He also served as Chief of the General Staff in 1860 (30 May – 30 August) and then from 21 April 1864 to 1 May 1866. Florescu is credited with carrying through the unification of the two armed forces of Wallachia and Moldavia following the unification of these two principalities and a thorough organization and modernization of the nascent Romanian army. His cousin was Bonifaciu Florescu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Emanuel Florescu is the 15,221st most popular politician (down from 15,182nd in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from Romania (up from 414th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ion Emanuel Florescu ranks 15,222 out of 19,576Before him are Janet Reno, Juan Bautista Topete, Joaquín Chapaprieta, Ora Namir, George Cadle Price, Kessai Note, and Eduard Heger. After him are Rexhep Mitrovica, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, Dmitry Shemyaka, Esau de' Buondelmonti, and Volkan Bozkır.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Ion Emanuel Florescu ranks 88Before him are Jean-Augustin Barral, James Spriggs Payne, José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Joseph Bazalgette, and George Salmon. After him are Narcyza Żmichowska, William Powell Frith, William Muir, Alexandru G. Golescu, Alexander Melville Bell, and Yuri Samarin. Among people deceased in 1893, Ion Emanuel Florescu ranks 77Before him are Richard Spruce, Karl Bodmer, Lucy Stone, Louis Ruchonnet, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, and Constantin von Wurzbach. After him are Aleksey Pleshcheyev, Hamilton Fish, John William Casilear, Edwin Booth, Edmund Kirby Smith, and John Ballance.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Emanuel Florescu ranks 400 out of 844Before him are Marin Preda (1922), Simona Halep (1991), Iosif Czako (1906), Atanase Sciotnic (1942), Ion Andreescu (1850), and Valeria Bufanu (1946). After him are Ion Lăpușneanu (1908), Nicolae Neagoe (1941), Dezső Bánffy (1843), Sámuel Teleki (1845), Alexandru Neagu (1948), and Bogdan Stelea (1967).

Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Ion Emanuel Florescu ranks 132Before him are Vintilă Brătianu (1867), Corneliu Mănescu (1916), Take Ionescu (1858), László Lukács (1850), Gavril Dejeu (1932), and Dimitar Petkov (1858). After him are Dezső Bánffy (1843), Nicolae Golescu (1810), Laura Codruța Kövesi (1973), Gheorghe Mironescu (1874), Cătălin Predoiu (1968), and Theodor Rosetti (1837).