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Constantin Coandă


Prime Minister of Romania
In office 24 October 1918 – 29 November 1918
Monarch	Ferdinand I of Romania
Preceded by	Alexandru Marghiloman
Succeeded by	Ion I. C. Brătianu
President of the Senate of Romania
In office 22 June 1920 – 22 January 1922
Monarch	Ferdinand I of Romania
Preceded by	Paul Bujor
Succeeded by	Mihail Pherekyde
In office 18 July 1926 – 5 June 1927
Preceded by	Constantin I. Nicolaescu
Succeeded by	Constantin I. Nicolaescu

Personal details
Born	(1857-03-04)4 March 1857 Craiova, Wallachia
Died	30 September 1932(1932-09-30) (aged 75) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Spouse	Aïda Danet
Children	7 children (among them Henri Coandă)
Military service
Branch/service	Romanian Land Forces
Rank	General de corp de armată

Constantin Coandă (4 March 1857 – 30 September 1932)^[1]^[2] was a Romanian soldier and politician who served as prime minister of Romania in 1918.

Biography

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Constantin Coandă was born in Craiova. He reached the rank of general in the Romanian Army, and later became a mathematics professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest. Among his seven children was Henri Coandă, the discoverer of the Coandă effect.

During World War I, for a short time (24 October – 29 November 1918), he was the Prime Minister of Romania^[3] and the Foreign Affairs Minister. He participated in the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly between the Allies of World War I and Bulgaria.

On 8 December 1920, during his term as President of the Senate of Romania (representing Alexandru Averescu's People's Party), he was badly wounded by a bomb set up by the terrorist and anarchist Max Goldstein.

Military functions

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Platoon commander in the 1st Artillery Regiment (1877 – 1883)
Positions in military education at the Bucharest School of Artillery, Engineering and Naval Officers and at the Superior School of War
Command and staff functions
Commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment
Commander of the 5th Army Corps
Secretary General of the Ministry of War
Commander of the Bucharest Citadel
Military attaché in Berlin, Vienna and Paris
Director of the Artillery Department of the Ministry of War
Head of department in the General Staff
Inspector General of Artillery.

Other positions

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Teacher at the Bucharest Bridge and Roads School
Delegate to the International Conference in The Hague
Military and diplomatic attaché near the Quarter of Tsar Nicholas II (1916 – 1918)
Minister of Industry (March 20 – July 14, 1926)
Minister Secretary of State (August 10, 1926 – June 4, 1927) .

Writings

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Artillery Course (1884 – 1885)
Projectiles and Missiles (1884).

Death

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Constantin Coandă died on 30 September 1932, aged 75, in Bucharest.

References

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^ Schimbam, Uniti (29 November 2018). "Evenimentele Zilei de 29 noiembrie în Istorie". Retrieved 16 May 2019.
^ Nicolae Titulescu (1994). Romania's foreign policy: 1937. Encyclopaedic Publishing House. p. 305. ISBN 978-973-45-0092-5.
^ Kurt W. Treptow; Centrul de Studii Românești̦ (1999). Romania During the World War I Era. Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 9789739432016.

v t e Prime Ministers of Romania
List of heads of government of Romania
United Principalities	B. Catargiu Arsache N. Crețulescu Kogălniceanu Bosianu N. Crețulescu I. Ghica L. Catargiu I. Ghica C. Crețulescu Ș. Golescu N. Golescu D. Ghica A. Golescu Epureanu I. Ghica L. Catargiu Florescu Epureanu Ion C. Brătianu
Kingdom of Romania	Ion C. Brătianu D. Brătianu Ion C. Brătianu Rosetti L. Catargiu Manu Florescu L. Catargiu Sturdza Aurelian Sturdza Cantacuzino Carp Sturdza Cantacuzino Sturdza Ion I. C. Brătianu Carp Maiorescu Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu Marghiloman Coandă Ion I. C. Brătianu Văitoianu Vaida-Voevod Averescu Ionescu Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu Știrbey Ion I. C. Brătianu V. Brătianu Maniu Mironescu Maniu Mironescu Iorga Vaida-Voevod Maniu Vaida-Voevod Duca Angelescu Tătărescu Goga Cristea Călinescu Argeșanu Argetoianu Tătărescu Gigurtu Antonescu Sănătescu Rădescu Groza
R.P.R.—R.S.R.	Groza Gheorghiu-Dej Stoica Maurer Mănescu Verdeț Dăscălescu
Romania since 1989	Roman Stolojan Văcăroiu Ciorbea Dejeu Vasile Athanasiu Isărescu Năstase Bejinariu Popescu-Tăriceanu Boc Predoiu Ungureanu Ponta Oprea Ponta Oprea Ponta Cîmpeanu Cioloș Grindeanu Tudose Fifor Dăncilă Orban Ciucă Cîțu Ciucă Predoiu Ciolacu
Italics indicate ad interim/acting office holders. Bold indicates current office holder.

v t e Foreign Ministers of Romania
United Principalities Principality of Romania	Arsache Cantacuzino I. G. Ghica Rosetti-Bălănescu Papadopol-Calimah I. Ghica Mavrogheni Știrbei Ș. Golescu Teriachiu Ș. Golescu N. Golescu D. Ghica Kogălniceanu* Calimachi-Catargiu A. Golescu Carp Calimachi-Catargiu Costa-Foru Boerescu Ion Bălăceanu Cornea Kogălniceanu Ionescu Câmpineanu* Kogălniceanu Câmpineanu Boerescu
Kingdom of Romania	Boerescu D. Brătianu Stătescu Sturdza Câmpineanu Ion C. Brătianu* Pherekyde Carp A. Lahovary Esarcu A. Lahovary Sturdza Stoicescu Aurelian* Sturdza Ioan Lahovary Marghiloman Sturdza Ion I. C. Brătianu Sturdza* Iacob Lahovary Ioan Lahovary Sturdza Ion I. C. Brătianu Djuvara Maiorescu Porumbaru Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu* Arion Coandă Ion I. C. Brătianu Văitoianu* Mișu Vaida-Voevod Zamfirescu Ionescu Derussi Duca Mitilineu Știrbey* Ion I. C. Brătianu Titulescu Mironescu Mihalache Argetoianu* D. Ghika Vaida-Voevod Titulescu Tătărescu* Titulescu V. Antonescu Micescu Tătărescu* Petrescu-Comnen Gafencu Gigurtu Argetoianu Manoilescu M. Sturdza I. Antonescu* M. Antonescu Niculescu-Buzești Vișoianu Tătărescu
Socialist Republic of Romania	Pauker Bughici Preoteasa Maurer Bunaciu Mănescu Macovescu Andrei Văduva Totu Stoian
Romania since 1989	Celac Năstase Meleșcanu Severin Pleșu Roman Geoană Ungureanu Popescu-Tăriceanu* Cioroianu Comănescu Diaconescu Predoiu* Baconschi Diaconescu Marga Corlățean Meleșcanu Aurescu Comănescu Meleșcanu Mănescu Aurescu Obdobescu
* denotes interim

v t e Presidents of the Senate of Romania
Corpul Ponderator (Moderating Body) 1864–1866	Nifon Rusailă
Senat 1866–1940	Nifon Rusailă Ștefan Golescu Nicolae Golescu Alexandru Plagino Nifon Rusailă Calinic Miclescu Constantin Bosianu Dimitrie Ghica Ion Emanoil Florescu Nicolae Crețulescu Ion Emanoil Florescu Constantin Boerescu Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Dimitrie Ghica Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza Eugeniu Stătescu Nicolae Gane Constantin Boerescu Eugeniu Stătescu Petre S. Aurelian Constantin Boerescu Petre S. Aurelian Constantin Budișteanu Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino Theodor Rosetti Ion Lahovari Basile M. Missir Emanoil Porumbaru Dimitrie Dobrescu Paul Bujor Constantin Coandă Mihail Pherekyde Constantin I. Nicolaescu Constantin Coandă Constantin I. Nicolaescu Traian Bratu Mihail Sadoveanu Neculai Costăchescu Leonte Moldovan Constantin Dimitriu-Dovlecel Alexandru Lapedatu Nicolae Iorga Constantin Argetoianu
Senat since 1990	Alexandru Bârlădeanu Oliviu Gherman Petre Roman Mircea Ionescu-Quintus Nicolae Văcăroiu Doru-Ioan Tǎrǎcilǎ^* Ilie Sârbu Mircea Geoană Petru Filip^* Vasile Blaga Crin Antonescu Cristian Dumitrescu^* Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu Șerban Valeca^* Teodor Meleșcanu Titus Corlățean^* Robert Cazanciuc^* Anca Dragu Florin Cîțu Alina Gorghiu^*
^* ad interim (acting)