Dimitrie Bogos (14 June 1889 – 14 May 1946) was a

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

officer An officer is a person who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization. The term derives from Old French ''oficier'' "officer, official" (early 14c., Modern French ''officier''), from Medieval Latin ''officiarius'' "an officer," fro ...

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

and

publicist A publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a company, a brand, or public figure – especially a celebrity – or for work or a project such as a book, film, or album. Publicists are public relations specialists wh ...

.Filozofia Patologiei Si Dezvoltarii Societatii Noastre
/ref>

Biography

Dimitrie Bogos was born on 14 June 1889 in the village of Grozești, the

Bessarabia Governorate The Bessarabia Governorate was a province (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, with its administrative centre in Kishinev (Chișinău). It consisted of an area of and a population of 1,935,412 inhabitants. The Bessarabia Governorate bordered t ...

, the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

. He graduated from Theological Seminary of

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...

and from the Faculty of Law of the University of

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

(1914). He participated in the establishment of the Moldovan Students' Circle ''"Awakening"'' in

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

and

Odessa ODESSA is an American codename (from the German language, German: ''Organisation der ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen'', meaning: Organization of Former SS Members) coined in 1946 to cover Ratlines (World War II aftermath), Nazi underground escape-pl ...

, founded in 1908 by

Daniel Ciugureanu Daniel Ciugureanu (; 9 December 1885 – 19 May 1950) was a Romanian politician from Bessarabia, deputy in Sfatul Țării from Chișinău, Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic from –, Minister for Bessarabia in four Romanian Go ...

, Ştefan Ciobanu, Alexei Mateevici, Simion Murafa, Ştefan Berechet and others, whose president was elected Daniel Ciugureanu. He participated in the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

at the works of the Congress of Moldovan Militants. Immediately after the Congress, on 20 October 1917, he began to concern himself with the organization of the Moldovan armed forces between

Prut The Prut (also spelled in English as Pruth; , ) is a river in Eastern Europe. It is a left tributary of the Danube, and is long. Part of its course forms Romania's border with Moldova and Ukraine. Characteristics The Prut originates on the eas ...

and

Nistru The Dniester ( ) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Uk ...

.Drumul la Chișinău
/ref> At the opening of the

Sfatul Țării ''Sfatul Țării'' ("Council of the Country"; ) was a council of political, public, cultural, and professional organizations in the guberniya, Governorate of Bessarabia in Russian Empire, Tsarist Russia. This became a legislative body which e ...

on 21 November 1917, he was delegated by the Moldovan Military Commissariat. He was not validated, but as a result of his experience in the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and ...

, he was appointed the first chief of the General Staff of the Army of the

Moldavian Democratic Republic The Moldavian Democratic Republic (MDR; , ), also known as the Moldavian Republic or Moldavian People's Republic, was a state proclaimed on by the ''Sfatul Țării'' (National Council) of Bessarabia, elected in October–November 1917 foll ...

. After the

Union of Bessarabia with Romania The union of Bessarabia with Romania was proclaimed on by Sfatul Țării, the legislative body of the Moldavian Democratic Republic. This state had the same borders of the region of Bessarabia, which was annexed by the Russian Empire following t ...

he was appointed prefect of Lapusna County (1918-1920), then director of the Ministry of Interior for Bessarabia and minister of Bessarabia, from 5 to 19 January 1922, in Take Ionescu Cabinet, member of the

Romanian Parliament The Parliament of Romania () is the national bicameral legislature of Romania, consisting of the Chamber of Deputies () and the Senate (). It meets at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, the capital. Prior to the modification of the Cons ...

, and

Mayor of Chișinău The Mayor of Chișinău, officially the General Mayor of the Municipality of Chișinău (), is the head of the executive branch of Chișinău's government and a member of the city's Municipal Council. History The first mayor of Chișinău ...

(1932—1933). Then he was elected deputy in three legislatures in the

, from the

National Peasants' Party The National Peasants' Party (also known as the National Peasant Party or National Farmers' Party; , or ''Partidul Național-Țărănist'', PNȚ) was an Agrarianism, agrarian political party in the Kingdom of Romania. It was formed in 1926 throu ...

. He collaborated with articles in various magazines and newspapers, especially with the ''" Bessarabia's Life"''. He wrote a historical work on Bessarabia, titled ''At Crossing. Moldova from the Dniester in 1917-1918'' (

''La răspântie. Moldova de la Nistru în anii 1917-1918''), published in Chișinău in 1924. After the Russian invasion of the summer of 1940 he fled to

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 ...

, where he died on 14 May 1946. He was buried in the

Ghencea Cemetery Ghencea Cemetery is located in Ghencea neighbourhood of Bucharest, on Ghencea Boulevard, in Sector 6. The cemetery has two sections, civilian and military. Notable interments * Ioan Ioniță (1924–1987), Communist general and politician who ...

, then transferred to the family crypt in Cernica Cemetery, where he rests with his brothers.

Bibliography

* Dimitrie Bogos. La răspântie. Moldova de la Nistru 1917–1918. – Ch. : Î.E.P. "Știința", 1998. – 223 p. * Dimitrie Bogos, United States of Europe, Warsaw * International Reference Library and Political Parties in Romania, London, 1936.

External links

Primari ai orașului Chișinău

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogos, Dimitrie 1889 births 1946 deaths People from Nisporeni District People from Kishinyovsky Uyezd National Moldavian Party politicians Ministers for Bessarabia Mayors of Chișinău 20th-century mayors University of Warsaw alumni