Nicolae Crețulescu

Nicolae Crețulescu (Nicolae Kretzulescu)
2nd Prime Minister of Romania
In office 24 June 1862—11 October 1863 14 June 1865 – 11 February 1866
Monarch	Alexandru Ioan Cuza
Preceded by	Barbu Catargiu Mihail Kogălniceanu
Succeeded by	Mihail Kogălniceanu Lascăr Catargiu
Personal details
Born	1 March 1812 Bucharest, Romania
Died	26 July 1900(1900-07-26) (aged 88)[1] Leordeni, Argeș County, Romania

Nicolae Crețulescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikoˈla.e kret͡suˈlesku], surname also spelled Kretzulescu; 1 March 1812 – 26 July 1900) was a Wallachian, later Romanian politician and physician. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, and from 1865 to 1866. He was elected to the Romanian Academy.

Born in Bucharest, he studied medicine in Paris, having Gustave Flaubert as a colleague. As a physician, his notable work was the translation of Jean Cruveilhier's manual of anatomy.

A member of the Liberal faction, Creţulescu first became prime minister after the assassination of Barbu Catargiu, under Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza. He avoided debating the issue of land reform, at that time the most contentious subject in Romanian politics; instead, Crețulescu focused on unifying the public health system, creating the Directorate General of the Public Archive, and establishing a Council for Public Instruction. Additionally, he laid the groundwork for further laws secularizing (nationalizing) the property of monasteries.

References

1. ↑ Viața și opera lui Cuza Vodă - Constantin C. Giurescu - Google Books. Books.google.ca. 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2012-06-20. 

Prime Ministers of Romania
List of Prime Ministers of Romania
United Principalities	B. Catargiu Arsache N. Crețulescu Kogălniceanu Bosianu N. Crețulescu I. Ghica L. Catargiu I. Ghica C. Crețulescu Ș. Golescu N. Golescu D. Ghica A. Golescu Epureanu I. Ghica L. Catargiu Florescu Epureanu Ion C. Brătianu D. Brătianu Ion C. Brătianu
Kingdom of Romania	Ion C. Brătianu Rosetti L. Catargiu Manu Florescu L. Catargiu Sturdza Aurelian Sturdza Cantacuzino Carp Sturdza Cantacuzino Sturdza Ion I. C. Brătianu Carp Maiorescu Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu Marghiloman Coandă Ion I. C. Brătianu Văitoianu Vaida-Voevod Averescu Ionescu Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu Știrbey Ion I. C. Brătianu V. Brătianu Maniu Mironescu Maniu Mironescu Iorga Vaida-Voevod Maniu Vaida-Voevod Duca Angelescu Tătărescu Goga Cristea Călinescu Argeșanu Argetoianu Tătărescu Gigurtu Antonescu Sănătescu Rădescu Groza
R.P.R.-R.S.R.	Groza Gheorghiu-Dej Stoica Maurer Mănescu Verdeț Dăscălescu
Romania since 1989	Roman Stolojan Văcăroiu Ciorbea Dejeu Vasile Athanasiu Isărescu Năstase Bejinariu Popescu-Tăriceanu Boc Predoiu Ungureanu Ponta Oprea Ponta Cîmpeanu Cioloș
Italics indicate interim officeholders.

Presidents of the Senate of Romania
Corpul Ponderator (Moderating Body) 1864 - 1866	Nifon Rusailă
Senat 1866 - 1940	Nifon Rusailă Ștefan Golescu Nicolae Golescu Alexandru Plagino Nifon Rusailă Calinic Miclescu Constantin Bosianu Dimitrie Ghica Ion Emanoil Florescu Nicolae Crețulescu Ion Emanoil Florescu Constantin Boerescu Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Dimtrie Ghica Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza Eugeniu Stătescu Nicolae Gane Constantin Boerescu Eugeniu Stătescu Petre S. Aurelian Constantin Boerescu Petre S. Aurelian Constantin Budișteanu Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Theodor Rosetti Ion Lahovari Basile M. Missir Emanoil Porumbaru Dimitrie I. Dobrescu Paul Bujor Constantin Coandă Mihail Pherekyde Constantin I. Nicolaescu Constantin Coandă Constantin I. Nicolaescu Traian Bratu Mihail Sadoveanu Nicolae Costălescu Leonte Moldovan Constantin Dimitriu-Dovlecel Alexandru Lapedatu Nicolae Iorga Constantin Argetoianu
Senat since 1990	Alexandru Bârlădeanu Oliviu Gherman Petre Roman Mircea Ionescu-Quintus Nicolae Văcăroiu Doru-Ioan Tǎrǎcilǎ* Ilie Sârbu Mircea Geoană Petru Filip* Vasile Blaga Crin Antonescu Cristian Dumitrescu* Călin Popescu Tăriceanu
^* interim (acting)