Tancred Constantinescu
Tancred Constantinescu (18 May 1878 – 14 January 1951) was a Romanian engineer and politician. He was born on 18 May 1876 in Cahul, at the time in Moldavia, Romanian Principalities, now in the Republic of Moldova. He studied civil engineering at the School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest, and then continued his studies in France and Germany. In 1916–1918, during World War I, he was Director of munitions procurement, and made important contributions to the development of the artillery pieces used by the Romanian Army at the battles of Mărășești and Mărăști. After the war, he became Director of Căile Ferate Române Căile Ferate Române (; abbreviated as the CFR) was the state railway carrier of Romania. The company was dissolved on 1 October 1998 by splitting into several successor companies. CFR as an entity existed from 1880, even though the first ra ... in 1922. Constantinescu was a member of the National Liberal Party, a deputy, and a Senator. Betw ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]