Constantin Coandă

Constantin Coandă
Prime Minister of Romania
In office
24 October 1918 – 29 November 1918
MonarchFerdinand I of Romania
Preceded byAlexandru Marghiloman
Succeeded byIon I. C. Brătianu
President of the Senate of Romania
In office
22 June 1920 – 22 January 1922
MonarchFerdinand I of Romania
Preceded byPaul Bujor
Succeeded byMihail Pherekyde
In office
18 July 1926 – 5 June 1927
Preceded byConstantin I. Nicolaescu
Succeeded byConstantin I. Nicolaescu
Personal details
Born(1857-03-04)4 March 1857
Craiova, Wallachia
Died30 September 1932(1932-09-30) (aged 75)
Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
SpouseAïda Danet
Children7 children (among them Henri Coandă)
Military service
Branch/serviceRomanian Land Forces
RankGeneral de corp de armată

Constantin Coandă (4 March 1857 – 30 September 1932)[1][2] was a Romanian soldier and politician who served as prime minister of Romania in 1918.

Biography

Constantin Coandă was born in Craiova.[3] He reached the rank of general in the Romanian Army,[4] and later became a mathematics professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest.[5] Among his seven children was Henri Coandă, the discoverer of the Coandă effect.

During World War I, for a short time (24 October – 29 November 1918), he was the Prime Minister of Romania[6] and the Foreign Affairs Minister.[7] He participated in the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly between the Allies of World War I and Bulgaria.[8]

On 8 December 1920, during his term as President of the Senate of Romania (representing Alexandru Averescu's People's Party), he was badly wounded by a bomb set up by the terrorist and anarchist Max Goldstein.[9][10]

Military functions

  • Platoon commander in the 1st Artillery Regiment (1877 – 1883)
  • Positions in military education at the Bucharest School of Artillery, Engineering and Naval Officers and at the Superior School of War
  • Command and staff functions
  • Commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment
  • Commander of the 5th Army Corps
  • Secretary General of the Ministry of War
  • Commander of the Bucharest Citadel
  • Military attaché in Berlin, Vienna and Paris
  • Director of the Artillery Department of the Ministry of War
  • Head of department in the General Staff
  • Inspector General of Artillery.

Other positions

  • Teacher at the Bucharest Bridge and Roads School
  • Delegate to the International Conference in The Hague
  • Military and diplomatic attaché near the Quarter of Tsar Nicholas II (1916 – 1918)
  • Minister of Industry (March 20 – July 14, 1926)
  • Minister Secretary of State (August 10, 1926 – June 4, 1927) .

Writings

  • Artillery Course (1884 – 1885)
  • Projectiles and Missiles (1884).

Death

Constantin Coandă died on 30 September 1932, aged 75, in Bucharest.

References

  1. ^ Schimbam, Uniti (29 November 2018). "Evenimentele Zilei de 29 noiembrie în Istorie". Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ Nicolae Titulescu (1994). Romania's foreign policy: 1937. Encyclopaedic Publishing House. p. 305. ISBN 978-973-45-0092-5.
  3. ^ Popa, Vasile (2010). Misiunea generalului Coandă la Stavka, 1916-1917 (in Romanian). Editura Militară. p. 29. ISBN 978-973-32-0823-5. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  4. ^ "GENERALUL CONSTANTIN COANDA, PRIMUL MINISTRU AL ROMANIEI LA MOMENTUL MARII UNIRI DE LA 1918 | AGERPRES • Actualizează lumea". Agerpres. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  5. ^ Smarandache, Florentin (2004). Frate cu meridianele și paralelele note de călătorie. Editura Offsetcolor. p. 49. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  6. ^ Kurt W. Treptow; Centrul de Studii Românești̦ (1999). Romania During the World War I Era. Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 9789739432016.
  7. ^ "Generalul Constantin Coandă". www.senat.ro. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  8. ^ Dobrinescu, Valeriu Florin (1993). România și sistemul tratatelor de pace de la Paris: 1919-1923 (in Romanian). Institutul European. p. 63. ISBN 978-973-9148-18-4. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Primul atentat terorist cu bombă de după Marea Unire. Cine a montat dispozitivul care a ucis trei demnitari". Adevarul (in Romanian). 18 December 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  10. ^ Copilăria comunismului românesc în arhiva Cominternului (in Romanian). Arhivele Naționale ale României. 2001. p. 91. ISBN 978-973-8308-02-2. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
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