Caius Brediceanu (April 25, 1879–1953) was a

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n politician and diplomat.

Biography

Caius Brediceanu was born in

Lugoj Lugoj (; hu, Lugos; german: Lugosch; sr, Лугош, Lugoš; bg, Лугож; tr, Logoş) is a city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves, the so-called "Romanian Lugoj" that spreads on the right bank and t ...

, the second son of

Coriolan Brediceanu Coriolan Brediceanu (1849–1909) was an Austro-Hungarian Romanian lawyer and politician. Born in Lugoj, his children included Caius and Tiberiu. Maria Lădău"Coriolan Brediceanu – activitatea juridică", in ''Revista Studențească de Studii ...

. He started his studies in Lugoj, continuing them in the German gymnasium in

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, the German

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, and thereafter in

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and Iași. In 1896 he started studying medicine at the

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, but changed his mind and switched to Law School where he got his doctor's degree in Law and Political Sciences. He also attended courses of philosophy at the

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. Returning to

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, he started a political career. He participated at the

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in December 1918, being elected member of the ''High National Romanian Council of Transylvania''. After the unification of Transylvania and Romania, he was appointed undersecretary of state of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1919 he was member of the Romanian delegation to the

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, representing the interests of the province of

. In 1921 he was appointed a Minister of State for Transylvania and Banat in the

Take Ionescu Take or Tache Ionescu (; born Dumitru Ghiță Ioan and also known as Demetriu G. Ionnescu; – 21 June 1922) was a Romanian centrist politician, journalist, lawyer and diplomat, who also enjoyed reputation as a short story author. Starting his ...

government. He then entered the diplomatic corps being subsequently: * minister plenipotentiary in

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(covering the Romanian relations with Brazil, Argentina and Chile (1923–1927)); * minister plenipotentiary to the

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(1927–1930); * minister plenipotentiary in

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(1931–1936). He was the brother of

Tiberiu Brediceanu Tiberiu Brediceanu (April 2, 1877 – December 19, 1968) was a Romanian composer and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. Biography Born in Lugoj, Romania, to Coriolan Brediceanu, Tiberiu Brediceanu studied music in Lugoj (1884 ...

, Sempronia, and Cornelia,

Lucian Blaga Lucian Blaga (; 9 May 1895 – 6 May 1961) was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He was a commanding personality of the Romanian culture of the interbellum period. Biography Blaga was born on 9 May 189 ...

's wife. Caius Brediceanu died in 1953 in

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References

* Lucian Predescu, ''Enciclopedia României. Cugetarea'', Edituara Saeculum, București 1999 * Comemorare Caius Brediceanu – Ziua de Vest, June 6, 2003 * Caius Brediceanu - Despre Banat la Conferința de pace de la Pari

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brediceanu, Caius 1879 births 1953 deaths People from Lugoj Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian diplomats University of Vienna alumni National Peasants' Party politicians Delegates of the Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia