Ion Gigurtu


Ion Gigurtu was a Romanian politician, Land Forces officer, engineer and industrialist who served a brief term as Prime Minister from Julyto September 4, 1940, under the personal regime of King Carol II. A specialist in mining and veteran of both the Second Balkan War and World War I, he made a fortune in interwar Greater Romania. Gigurtu began his career in politics with the Peoples Party and the National Agrarian Party, moving closer to the far right during the 1930s, and serving as Minister of Industry and Commerce in the cabinet of Octavian Goga. Shortly after the start of World War II, Gigurtu was affiliated with King Carols National Renaissance Front, serving as Public Works and Communications Minister and Foreign Minister under Premier Gheorghe Ttrescu, before the territorial losses incurred by Romania in front of the Soviet Union propelled him as Ttrescus replacement.

NA

Source: Wikipedia