Nicolae Crețulescu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolae Crețulescu

Romanian politician and physician

Date of Birth: 01-Mar-1812

Place of Birth: Bucharest

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1900

Profession: physician, politician, translator, linguist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Nicolae Cre?ulescu (Romanian pronunciation: [niko'la.e kret?su'lesku], surname also spelled Kretzulescu; 1 March 1812 – 26 June 1900) was a Wallachian, later Romanian politician and physician.
He served two terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, and from 1865 to 1866.
He was elected to the Romanian Academy.
He was the 3rd president of the Romanian Academy from 1872 to 1873. Born in Bucharest, he studied medicine in Paris, having Gustave Flaubert as a colleague.
As a physician, his notable work was the translation of Jean Cruveilhier's manual of anatomy. A member of the Liberal faction, Cretulescu first became prime minister after the assassination of Barbu Catargiu, under ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
He avoided debating the issue of land reform, at that time the most contentious subject in Romanian politics; instead, Cre?ulescu focused on unifying the public health system, creating the Directorate General of the Public Archive, and establishing a Council for Public Instruction.
Additionally, he laid the groundwork for further laws secularizing the property of monasteries.