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Vintilă Brătianu
Prime Minister of Romania
In office 24 November 1927 – 9 November 1928
Monarch	Michael I
Preceded by	Ion I. C. Brătianu
Succeeded by	Iuliu Maniu
Minister of Finance
In office 22 June 1927 – 3 November 1928
Preceded by	Mihai Popovici
Succeeded by	Mihai Popovici
Minister of War
In office 15 August 1916 – 19 July 1917
Preceded by	Ion I. C. Brătianu
Succeeded by	Constantin Iancovescu
Mayor of Bucharest
In office June 1907 – February 1910
Preceded by	C. Costescu Comăneanu
Succeeded by	Procop Ion Dumitrescu
Personal details
Born	Vintilă Ion Constantin Brătianu (1867-09-16)September 16, 1867 Ștefănești, Argeș County, Romania
Died	December 22, 1930(1930-12-22) (aged 66) Râmnicu Vâlcea, Kingdom of Romania
Political party	National Liberal Party
Spouse	Lia Stolojan
Children	Vintilă V. Brătianu
Parent(s)	Ion C. Brătianu, Pia Brătianu
Alma mater	École Centrale Paris
Profession	engineer

Vintilă Ion Constantin Brătianu (16 September 1867 – 22 December 1930) was a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between 24 November 1927 and 9 November 1928. He and his brothers Ion I. C. Brătianu and Dinu Brătianu were the leaders of the National Liberal Party of Romania, founded by their father, Ion C. Brătianu.

Biography

Born at his family's estate of Florica, in Ștefănești, Argeș County, Vintilă Brătianu started his studies at Saint Sava High School in Bucharest. He then went to France to study engineering at École Centrale Paris from 1886 to 1890. After returning to Romania, he entered politics.

From 1907 to 1911 he was Mayor of Bucharest. During World War I, he was Minister of War (15 August 1916–19 July 1917) and then Minister for War Munitions.

After the war, he served as Finance Minister (19 January 1922–9 March 1926) in the Liberal government led by his brother, Ion. After his brother died on 24 November 1927, he assumed the post of Prime Minister of Romania until he was forced to resign a year later to allow the new National Peasants' Party government of Iuliu Maniu to take office. In November 1927 he also assumed the presidency of the National Liberal Party; he remained in that position until the end of his life.

On 22 December 1930 Brătianu was at his estate in Mihăești, Vâlcea, when he had a stroke of apoplexy which paralyzed his left side; he died that evening at the hospital in nearby Râmnicu Vâlcea. He is buried at the family estate, Florica, in a crypt where also lie his father Ion C. Brătianu and his brother Ion I. C. Brătianu, as well as his other brother, Dinu Brătianu, and his nephew, Gheorghe I. Brătianu, both of whom died in the early 1950s at Sighet Prison.

References

1. Tulbure, Olivia (15 April 2011). "Primar de București. Cine-a fost dezvoltatorul imobiliar care i-a forțat pe bucureșteni să se spele și pe subalterni să nu ia șpagă?". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
2. ^ Dumitriu, Mircea (22 April 2006). "Vintilă I.C. Brătianu – o personalitate". România Liberă (in Romanian). Retrieved 22 May 2020.
3. "Vintilă Brătianu dies of apoplexy. Passing of Former Premier of Rumania Ends Epoch in History of Country". The New York Times. 23 December 1930. p. 17. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
4. Scurtu, Ioan (2011). Politică și viață cotidiană în România: în secolul al XX-lea și începutul celui de-al XXI-lea (in Romanian). București: Mica Valahie. p. 55. ISBN 978-606-8304-34-2. OCLC 811727423.
5. Ion, Narcis Dorin (26 April 2020). "Domeniul Florica – ferma, conacul și capela Brătienilor (II)". Cotidianul (in Romanian). Retrieved 22 May 2020.

Gallery

See also

• Brătianu family

External links

• Rulers.org

v t e Prime Ministers of Romania
List of heads of government of Romania
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