Mihai N. Săulescu (October 16, 1861 – December 5, 1929) was a

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n jurist and politician.

Life

Born in

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, he studied economics and finance at Berlin University and obtained a doctorate in law from the

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. He subsequently taught law at the University of Bucharest. A member of the

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, Săulescu served in the Assembly of Deputies, rising to become vice president of that body. He was a general secretary within the

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and, from March to October 1918, served as Finance Minister in the cabinet of Alexandru Marghiloman. The owner of a large library and a rich collection of documents, he sheltered these in Russia during World War I.Nicolae Iorga (ed. Ecaterina Vaum), ''Corespondență'', vol. 3. Bucharest: Editura Minerva, 1991. In late 1922, he entered the People's Party."Săulescu, Mihail N."
at the Alexandru and Aristia Aman County Library

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saulescu, Mihai 1861 births 1929 deaths People from Craiova Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Ministers of finance of Romania Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918) politicians People's Party (interwar Romania) politicians Romanian jurists Romanian economists People from the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia Expatriates in the German Empire Expatriates in France University of Paris alumni