Barbu Catargiu cabinet
The cabinet of Barbu Catargiu was the first government of the United Principalities of Romania after the formal union of Wallachia with Moldavia and lasted from 22 January to 24 June 1862. Prime Minister Barbu Catargiu was assassinated on 8 June and the government collapsed soon thereafter.
Composition
[edit]The ministers of the cabinet were as follows:[1]
- President of the Council of Ministers:
- Barbu Catargiu (22 January - 8 June 1862)
- (interim) Apostol Arsache (8 - 24 June 1862)
- Minister of the Interior:
- Barbu Catargiu (22 January - 8 June 1862)
- (interim) Apostol Arsache (8 - 24 June 1862)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs:
- Apostol Arsache (22 January - 24 June 1862)
- Minister of Finance:
- Alexandru C. Moruzi (22 - 27 January 1862)
- Grigore BalČ (27 January - 11 March 1862)
- Alexandru Catargiu (11 - 24 March 1862)
- Teodor Ghica (24 March - 24 June 1862)
- Minister of Justice:
- Constantin N. BrÄiloiu (22 January - 7 June 1862)
- Dimitrie Cornea (7 - 24 June 1862)
- Minister of Religious Affairs:
- Grigore BalČ (22 January - 7 February 1862)
- Barbu Bellu (7 February - 24 June 1862)
- Minister of War:5
- Gen. Ioan Grigore Ghica (22 January - 24 June 1862)
- Minister of Public Works:
- (interim) Barbu Catargiu (22 - 27 January 1862)
- Dimitrie Cornea (27 January - 7 June 1862)
- (interim) Alexandru Em. Florescu (7 - 24 June 1862)
- Minister of Control:
- Alexandru Em. Florescu (24 March - 24 June 1862)
References
[edit]- â Stelian Neagoe - "Istoria guvernelor RomÃĸniei de la ÃŽnceputuri - 1859 pÃĸnÄ ÃŽn zilele noastre - 1995" (Ed. Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1995)
