Alexandru Djuvara (; 20 December 1858 – 1 February 1913) was a
Romania
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n writer, journalist and politician.
Early years
Djuvara was born in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
on 20 December 1858. He was the uncle of prominent Romanian historian
Neagu Djuvara,
[ whose father was descended from an aristocratic Aromanian family.
After graduation from ]Lycée Louis-le-Grand
The Lycée Louis-le-Grand (), also referred to simply as Louis-le-Grand or by its acronym LLG, is a public Lycée (French secondary school, also known as sixth form college) located on Rue Saint-Jacques (Paris), rue Saint-Jacques in central Par ...
in Paris, he went on to study Law in the School of History and Political Science. Having completed his law studies, Djuvara studied engineering at Paris Polytechnical School.
Political career
Djuvara served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
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from 1 November 1909 until 28 December 1910 under the reign of Romanian King Carol I
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.[
He died on 1 February 1913 in ]Bucharest
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.
See also
*Foreign relations of Romania
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1858 births
1913 deaths
Politicians from Bucharest
Romanian people of Aromanian descent
Ministers of industry and commerce of Romania
Ministers of justice of Romania
Ministers of foreign affairs of Romania
People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
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