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Gheorghe Argeşanu (February 28, 1884—November 26/27, 1940) was a Romanian army general and politician who served as a Prime Minister of Romania for about a week in 1939 (September 21-September 28).
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Born in Caracal, he was advanced to a leadership position in the Romanian Army during World War I, and served as Minister of Defense in the second Miron Cristea cabinet (March-October 1938).
He was selected as premier by King Carol II after the assassination of his predecessor Armand Călinescu by the fascist Iron Guard. His first noted measures included the public display of the bodies of Călinescu's assassins (who had been killed shortly after carrying out their orders from Horia Sima) and the arbitrary arrest and execution without trial of three Iron Guard members in each county. He was replaced as premier by Constantin Argetoianu.
After the establishment of the Iron Guard's National Legionary State, Argeşanu was imprisoned without trial in Jilava, and ultimately killed during the Jilava Massacre by members of the Iron Guard on the same night as 63 other political prisoners, in retaliation for the violence he had endorsed.
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Second Miron Cristea cabinet (March 30, 1938 - February 1, 1939) |
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Armand Călinescu ( Interior) • Nicolae Petrescu-Commen/ Grigore Gafencu (External Affairs) • Mircea Cancicov (Finances) • Victor Iamandi (Justice) • Nicolae Colan/ Armand Călinescu/Petre Andrei (National Education) • Nicolae Colan (Cults and arts) • Gheorghe Argeşanu/Nicolae G. Ciupercă ( National Defence) • Paul Teodorescu (Air and marine) • Iosif Iacobici (Armament Endowment) • Gheorghe Ionescu-Şişeşti (Agriculture, Domains and Cooperatives) • Mitiţă Constantinescu (Industry and Commerce/National Economy) • Mihail Ghelmegeanu (Public Works and Communications) • Mihai Ralea (Labour) • Armand Călinescu/Nicolae Marinescu (Labour, Health and Social Protection)
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Mihail Măgureanu (Government Presidency) • Eugen Titeanu (Interior for Press and Information) • Dumitru V. Ţoni (National Education) • Nae Popescu (Cults and Arts) • Alexandru Glatz (National Defence)
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Third Miron Cristea cabinet (February 1, 1939 - September 28, 1939) |
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Armand Călinescu/Gabriel Marinescu ( Interior) • Grigore Gafencu (External Affairs) • Mitiţă Constantinescu (Finances) • Victor Iamandi (Justice) • Petre Andrei (National Education) • Nicolae Zegre (Cults and arts) • Armand Călinescu/Ioan Ilcuş ( National Defence) • Paul Teodorescu (Air and marine) • Victor Slăvescu (Armament Endowment) • Nicolae D. Cornăţeanu (Agriculture and Domains) • Ion Bujoiu (National Economy) • Mihail Ghelmegeanu (Public Works and Communications) • Mihai Ralea (Labour) • Nicolae Marinescu (Health and Social Protection)
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Traian Pop (Public Wealth Registering) • Silviu Dragomir (Minorities)
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Mihail Măgureanu (Government Presidency) •
Gabriel Marinescu (Interior) • Coriolan Băran (Interior) • Eugen Titeanu (Propaganda) • Dumitru V. Ţoni (National Education) • Ion Marin Sadoveanu (Cults and Arts) • Gheorghe Mihail (National Defence) Ion Marin Sadoveanu (Cults and Arts) • Mihail Şerban (Agriculture and Domains) • Victor Jinga (National Economy)
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