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Constantin Vișoianu

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Constantin Vișoianu
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
In office
November 4, 1944 – March 5, 1945
MonarchMichael of Romania
Preceded byGrigore Niculescu-Buzești
Succeeded byGheorghe Tătărescu
Personal details
Born(1897-02-04)February 4, 1897
Urlați, Prahova County, Kingdom of Romania
DiedJanuary 4, 1994(1994-01-04) (aged 96)

Constantin Vișoianu (born February 4, 1897 in Urlați, Prahova County, Romania - died January 4, 1994 in Washington, D.C., United States) was a Romanian jurist, diplomat and politician.

He studied at the University of Bucharest and got a doctor's degree in Law at the Sorbonne in Paris.

Constantin Vișoianu was technical advisor at the League of Nations. From 1931 to 1933 he was member of the Romanian permanent delegation to the Conference on Disarmament. He was thereafter appointed minister plenipotentiary to The Hague (1933–1935) and Warsaw (1935–1936)

He was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania from November 4, 1944 to March 5, 1945. Forced to flee from Romania when the Communist party rose to power, Constantin Vișoianu was chairman of the Romanian National Committee from 1948 to 1975.

References

  • Stan Stoica - Dicționar biografic de istorie a României (Ed. Meronia, București, 2008)