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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 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Emanuel Florescu is the 15,245th most popular politician (down from 15,179th in 2024), the 403rd most popular biography from Romania (up from 414th in 2019) and the 134th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ion Emanuel Florescu ranks 15,248 out of 19,576. Before him are Sesheshet, Durgabai Deshmukh, 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, and Dmitry Shemyaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Ion Emanuel Florescu ranks 88. Before 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 77. Before 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 404 out of 844. Before him are Gheorghe Mureșan (1971), 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), and Alexandru Neagu (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Ion Emanuel Florescu ranks 135. Before him are Nicolae Crețulescu (1812), 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), Elena Lasconi (1972), Laura Codruța Kövesi (1973), and Gheorghe Mironescu (1874).

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