Constantin Bosianu (; 10 February 1815 – 21 March 1882) was a

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n jurist and politician, an honorary member of the

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, and

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from 26 January to 14 June 1865. He was the first dean of the

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's Faculty of Law. He was an acting MP at the same time as he served as Dean of the

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Bar (1871–1873). By the end of his life, Bosianu served as an acting

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for two weeks in December 1878, and between May 29 and November 15, 1879, Constantin Bosianu was elected the

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of the

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Biography

He was born in

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, the son of '' paharnic'' Andrei Bosianu, and studied at the prestigious school of

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. He worked in government as the head of the public control chamber of the Department of Finance. After receiving a state scholarship, he continued his studies in

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and

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, where in 1844 he received a degree in literature at the Sorbonne and a

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in law in 1851. Returning to his homeland, he became a professor of

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, then a professor of

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at the Central School of Agriculture and director of the Department of Justice. As a member of the Electoral Assembly of Wallachia, on January 24, 1859, he voted to elect

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to the throne of Romania. Later he was appointed a judge of the

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. In 1864, he became vice-president of the State Council of the United Principality of Wallachia and Moldova. Bosianu died in Bucharest on March 21, 1882, at the age of 67. A street in Sector 4 of Bucharest bears his name.

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1815 births 1882 deaths Politicians from Bucharest 19th-century people from the Principality of Wallachia Prime ministers of Romania Ministers of interior of Romania Ministers of agriculture of Romania Ministers of public works of Romania Presidents of the Senate of Romania Romanian jurists Honorary members of the Romanian Academy Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Romanian university and college faculty deans {{Romania-politician-stub