8-755: Florescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexandru Emanoil Florescu (1822–1907), Romanian politician Bonifaciu Florescu (1848–1899), Romanian polygraph and politician Gheorghe Florescu (born 1984), Romanian footballer Ion Emanuel Florescu (1819–1893), general and Prime Minister of Romania Radu Florescu (1925–2014), Romanian historian Stefan Florescu (1926/1927–2010), American paralympic swimmer and table tennis player Victor Florescu (born 1973), Moldovan judoka See also [ edit ] Florea (name) Florești (disambiguation) References [ edit ] [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
16-519: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alexandru Emanoil Florescu Alexandru Emanoil Florescu (22 January 1822 – 1907) was a Wallachian and Romanian politician. Florescu came from a boyar family; his father Manolache was a vornic , while his mother was Tinca Faca. He was the younger brother of Ion Emanuel Florescu . Born in Brașov , in the Transylvania region of
24-598: The Austrian Empire , he left for the Wallachian capital Bucharest , where he attended Saint Sava College . He graduated in 1840, and Florescu then became a copyist at the state secretariat, later rising to secretary. In 1846 he went to Paris, studying law for two years. After the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 , he returned home and was named to a number of terms as county prefect and prefect of
32-626: The surname Florescu . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Authority control databases [REDACTED] International FAST National United States Israel Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florescu&oldid=1220303976 " Categories : Surnames Romanian-language surnames Patronymic surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
40-656: The unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romanian: Unirea Principatelor Române ) or as the Little Union (Romanian: Mica Unire ), happened in 1859 following the election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza as prince of both the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia . A potential unification between the two principalities, which shared a common Romanian ethnicity , language and culture , had been attempted to be avoided by
48-713: The Bucharest police. In the years leading up to the Union of the Principalities , which he supported, Florescu was a director in the Interior Ministry and, in 1857, entered the Wallachian ad hoc Divan . He formed part of the first government covering all Romania, led by Barbu Catargiu , and served as Minister of Control from March to June 1862. In the succeeding cabinet, that of Nicolae Crețulescu , he
56-508: The great powers for a long time, although it was allowed at the moment it happened. The unification of these two states began a political struggle in the new country to find out which of the two regions would obtain "supremacy" and met some opposition in Moldavia by the so-called "separatists". Nowadays, in Romania , the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia is regarded as a prelude to
64-544: Was Public Works Minister from June to October. He was President of the Assembly of Deputies from December 1864 to June 1865. He served a number of terms as both deputy and senator . He was married to Elena Manu. The couple had a son and three daughters. Union of the Principalities The unification of Moldavia and Wallachia ( Romanian : Unirea Moldovei și Țării Românești ), also known as
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