C. A. Rosetti
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Constantin Alexandru Rosetti (2 June 1816 – 8 April 1885) was a Romanian literary and political leader, born in Bucharest into a Phanariot Greek family.
Rosetti took part in the Revolutions of 1848, and fled to France. While in France, he published a review favouring the creation of a national unitary state.
In 1861, he returned to Romania, and was elected deputy, and in 1866 was minister of public instruction. Between 15 July and 16 July 1866, he was the temporary Prime Minister of Romania.
He supported the deposisition of Alexander John Cuza in 1866, and he headed the chamber of deputies in 1877 and was minister of the interior between 1881 and 1882.
[edit] References
- "Rosetti, Constantin." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001–04.
[edit] Further reading
- Vasile Netea, C. A. Rosetti (Bucureşti, 1970).
- Marin Bucur, C. A. Rosetti, Mesianism şi Donquijotism revoluţionar (Bucureşti, 1970).
