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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 504 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CATARGIU (or CATARGI),
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LASCAR (1823-1899)
  , Rumanian statesman, was born in
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Moldavia in November 1823 . He belonged to an ancient Walachian
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family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by Prince Matthew Bassaraba, and had settled in Moldavia . Under Prince Gregory
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Ghica (1849-1856), Catargiu rose to be prefect of police at
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Jassy . In 1857 he became a member of the Divan ad hoc of Moldavia, a commission elected in accordance with the treaty of Paris (1856) to
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vote on the proposed union of Moldavia and Walachia . His strongly conservative views, especially on agrarian reform, induced the Conservatives to support him as a
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candidate for the
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throne in 18J9 . During the reign of Prince Cuza (1859-1866), Catargiu was one of the Opposition leaders, and received much assistance from his kinsman, Barbu Catargiu (b . 18o7), a noted journalist and politician, who was assassinated at Bucharest on the loth of
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June 1862 . On the accession of Prince Charles in May 1866,
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Lascar Catargiu became president of the council, or prime minister; but, finding himself unable to co-operate with his Liberal colleagues, I . C . Bratianu and C . A . Rosetti, he resigned in
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July .

After eight more ministerial changes, culminating in the

anti-dynastic agitation of 1870-1871, Catargiu formed, for the first time in Rumanian
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history, a
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stable Conservative
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cabinet, which lasted until 1876 . His policy, which averted revolution and revived the popularity of the
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crown, was regarded as unpatriotic and reactionary by the Liberals, who resumed office in 1876; and a proposal to impeach the whole Catargiu cabinet was only withdrawn in 1878 . Catargiu remained in opposition until 1889, when he formed another cabinet, taking the portfolio of the Interior; but this administration fell after seven months . In the Florescu
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ministry of March 1891 he occupied the same position, and in December he again became president of the council, retaining office until 1895 . During this period he was responsible for several useful reforms, chiefly
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financial and commercial: He died suddenly at Bucharest on the 1rth of
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April 1899 .

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