Take Ionescu
Take Ionescu | |
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Take Ionescu in 1913 | |
| 29th Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 17 December 1921 – 17 January 1922 | |
| Monarch | Ferdinand I |
| Preceded by | Alexandru Averescu |
| Succeeded by | Ion I. C. Brătianu |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Romania | |
| In office 11 December 1916 – 28 January 1918 | |
| Prime Minister | Ion I. C. Brătianu |
| Foreign Affairs Minister of Romania | |
| In office 13 June 1920 – 16 December 1921 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexandru Averescu |
| Preceded by | Duiliu Zamfirescu |
| Succeeded by | Gheorghe Derussi |
| Internal Affairs Minister of Romania | |
| In office 14 October 1912 – 31 December 1913 | |
| Prime Minister | Titu Maiorescu |
| Preceded by | Constantin C. Arion |
| Succeeded by | Vasile Morțun |
| Finance Minister of Romania | |
| In office 17 December 1921 – 19 January 1922 22 December 1904 – 12 March 1907 9 January – 6 July 1900 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino |
| Preceded by | Nicolae Titulescu Emil Costinescu Gheorghe Manu |
| Succeeded by | Vintilă Brătianu Emil Costinescu Petre P. Carp |
| Education Minister of Romania | |
| In office 11 April 1899 – 9 January 1900 27 November 1891 – 3 October 1895 | |
| Prime Minister | Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Lascăr Catargiu |
| Preceded by | Spiru Haret Petru Poni |
| Succeeded by | Constantin Istrati Petru Poni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1858 |
| Died | 21 June 1922 (aged 63) |
| Resting place | Sinaia Monastery |
| Party | National Liberal Party Conservative Party Conservative-Democratic Party |
| Spouses | Elisabeth (Bessie) Richards
(m. 1881–1918)Alexandrina Ecaterina Woroniecki (Adina Olmazu)
(m. 1919) |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
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Take or Tache Ionescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtake joˈnesku]; born Dumitru Ghiță Ioan and also known as Demetriu G. Ionnescu; 25 October [O.S. 13 October] 1858 – 21 June 1922) was a Romanian centrist politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat, who also enjoyed reputation as a short story author. Starting his political career as a radical member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he joined the Conservative Party in 1891, and became noted as a social conservative expressing support for several progressive and nationalist tenets. Ionescu is generally viewed as embodying the rise of middle-class politics inside the early 20th century Kingdom of Romania (occasionally described as Takism), and, throughout the period, promoted a project of Balkan alliances while calling for measures to incorporate the Romanian-inhabited Austro-Hungarian regions of Transylvania, Banat and Bukovina. Representing his own faction inside the Conservative Party, he clashed with the group's leadership in 1907–1908, and consequently created and led his own Conservative-Democratic Party.
An Anglophile promoting an alliance with the Triple Entente, he rallied politicians and intellectuals in support for the idea of Romania entering World War I. When this was accomplished through the 1916–1918 campaign, Ionescu joined the Ion I. C. Brătianu government in Iași as Minister without portfolio. After his country was defeated by the Central Powers and signed the Treaty of Bucharest, he left for Paris and London, organizing a Romanian National Committee to campaign for Greater Romania during the Peace Conference. In 1919, his Conservative-Democrats formed an alliance with the People's League, and Ionescu became Foreign Affairs Minister in the second Alexandru Averescu executive, before briefly holding the office of Premier in 1921–1922. During the period, he successfully campaigned in favor of the Little Entente.
He was the brother of renowned surgeon and political activist Thoma Ionescu, who was his collaborator on several political projects. Take Ionescu is also remembered for promoting Nicolae Titulescu, who went on to have a successful career as a diplomat and politician, and for his friendships with the dramatist Ion Luca Caragiale and the Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos.