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About Constantin Budișteanu
- Constantin Budi?teanu (September 21 or November 4, 1838–November 7, 1911) was a Wallachian-born Romanian soldier and politician. Born in Bucharest, he was descended from an old Wallachian boyar family; his father Nicolae was a serdar.
- He attended the military school in his native city from 1854 to 1856, forming part of the first graduating class, and continued his army studies abroad.
- Budi?teanu's training set him on a path to advancement in the ranks, starting with infantry second lieutenant in 1856 and moving to general staff lieutenant (1860), military engineers captain (1862), major (1867), lieutenant-colonel (1871), colonel (1876), brigadier-general (1883) and division general in charge of an army corps (1891-1895).
- A participant in the Romanian War of Independence, he was gravely wounded in October 1877, during the Siege of Plevna.Budi?teanu belonged to the National Liberal Party; he was elected senator (1884, 1892, 1895) and deputy (1888).
- From January 1909 to January 1911, he was Senate President.
- He served as War Minister under Dimitrie Sturdza from November 1895 to November 1896.
- In 1897, he resigned from the army.
- Among the honors he accrued for his military service were the Military Virtue Medal, the Order of the Star of Romania and the Danube Crossing Cross.
- Budi?teanu was long active in the Cultural League, established in 1890 in order to promote the political unification of the Romanian lands.
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