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Born April 22, 1859 • Izmayil • Moldavia
Died October 3, 1938 (aged 79) • Bucharest • Romania
Title / Office prime minister (1926-1927), Romania • prime minister (1920-1921), Romania • prime minister (1918-1918), Romania
Role In Second Balkan War • World War I

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