Ion I. C. Brătianu

Ion I. C. Brătianu
22nd Prime Minister of Romania
In office
21 June 1927 – 24 November 1927
MonarchsFerdinand I
Michael I
Preceded byBarbu Știrbey
Succeeded byVintilă Brătianu
In office
19 January 1922 – 27 March 1926
MonarchFerdinand I
Preceded byTake Ionescu
Succeeded byAlexandru Averescu
In office
29 November 1918 – 27 September 1919
MonarchFerdinand I
Preceded byConstantin Coandă
Succeeded byArtur Văitoianu
In office
4 January 1914 – 26 January 1918
MonarchsCarol I
Ferdinand I
Preceded byTitu Maiorescu
Succeeded byAlexandru Averescu
In office
27 December 1908 – 28 December 1910
MonarchCarol I
Preceded byDimitrie Sturdza
Succeeded byPetre P. Carp
Personal details
Born(1864-08-20)20 August 1864
Died24 November 1927(1927-11-24) (aged 63)
Resting placeVila Florica, Ștefănești
PartyNational Liberal Party
Spouses
Maria Moruzi-Cuza
(m. 1897, 1897)
(m. 1907)
ChildrenGheorghe I. Brătianu
Parents
RelativesBrătianu family
Alma materÉcole nationale des ponts et chaussées
Occupation

Ion I. C. Brătianu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon brətiˈanu]; 1 September [O.S. 20 August] 1864 – 24 November 1927) was a Romanian politician, leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL), Prime Minister of Romania for five terms, and Foreign Minister on several occasions; he was the eldest son of statesman and PNL leader Ion Brătianu, the brother of Vintilă and Dinu Brătianu, and the father of Gheorghe I. Brătianu. Ion I. C. Brătianu's political activities after World War I, including part of his third and fourth term, saw the unification of the Old Romanian Kingdom with Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia (see Greater Romania). In 1923, he was elected an honorary member of the Romanian Academy.