Gheorghe Pop de Băseşti
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Gheorghe Pop de Băseşti (August 1, 1835 – February 23, 1919) was a Transylvanian-born Romanian politician, who was the vice-president (1881-1902) and then the president (1902-1918) of the Romanian National Party at the time Transylvania was part of the Kingdom of Hungary inside Austria-Hungary.
In 1872, he was elected deputy in the Hungarian parliament, where, for the following nine years, he advocated the rights of ethnic Romanians living in Transylvania.
In 1892-1894, Pop de Băseşti was one the leaders of the Transylvanian Memorandum movement that demanded equal rights for the Transylvanian Romanians, and was among those who received prison sentences as a result of their activism during the period.
After the end of World War I, Pop de Băseşti was the president of the assembly of Alba Iulia (December 1, 1918), when the Romanians living inside Hungary proclaimed the union between the Romanian Old Kingdom and Transylvania.
He died only a few months later, aged 84. His birthplace, Băseşti, is home to a memorial museum.
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