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Ion Gigurtu

1886 - 1959

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Ion Gigurtu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon d͡ʒiˈɡurtu]; 24 June 1886 – 24 November 1959) was a far-right Romanian politician, Land Forces officer, engineer and industrialist who served a brief term as Prime Minister from 4 July to 4 September 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 People's Party (PP) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ion Gigurtu has received more than 86,267 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Gigurtu is the 11,746th most popular politician (down from 11,630th in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Romania (up from 250th in 2019) and the 94th most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ion Gigurtu ranks 11,746 out of 19,576. Before him are Seuthes I, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, Alexander Khatisian, Sitiveni Rabuka, Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz, and Anaxilas. After him are Frederick Augustus, Duke of Nassau, Abdullah al-Sallal, Augusto B. Leguía, Silvan Shalom, Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg, and Aleksandër Meksi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Ion Gigurtu ranks 168. Before him are Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Rose Wilder Lane, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Erich Salomon, Mikhail Tereshchenko, and Rudolf Belling. After him are Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, H.D., Kálmán Darányi, Hiratsuka Raichō, Ernest Burgess, and Grigory Neujmin. Among people deceased in 1959, Ion Gigurtu ranks 95. Before him are Giovanni Pastrone, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Oskar Vogt, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, and Kafū Nagai. After him are Aleksandr Khinchin, Charles Vidor, Kazimierz Bein, Edmund Gwenn, Erhard Schmidt, and Galaktion Tabidze.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Gigurtu ranks 249 out of 844. Before him are Petrache Poenaru (1799), Ileana Cotrubaș (1939), Sándor Veress (1907), Ștefan Barbu (1908), Basarab the Old (null), and Argentina Menis (1948). After him are Franz Rohr von Denta (1854), Nicolae Bălcescu (1819), Ágnes Esterházy (1891), György Klapka (1820), Inna (1986), and Alexandru G. Golescu (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Ion Gigurtu ranks 94. Before him are Ion G. Duca (1879), Matei Basarab (1580), Titu Maiorescu (1840), Kálmán Tisza (1830), Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (1952), and Basarab the Old (null). After him are Nicolae Bălcescu (1819), György Klapka (1820), Alexandru G. Golescu (1819), Dimitrie Sturdza (1833), Miklós Bánffy (1873), and Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1832).

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