Ion G. Duca
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| Ion Gheorghe Duca | |
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| In office 14 November 1933 – 30 December 1933 |
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| Monarch | Carol II |
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| Preceded by | Alexandru Vaida-Voevod |
| Succeeded by | Constantin Angelescu |
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| Born | 1879 |
| Died | 30 December 1933 Sinaia train station, Romania |
| Political party | National Liberal Party |
Ion Gheorghe Duca (1879 - 30 December 1933) was prime minister of Romania from 14 November to 30 December 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement.
Born in Bucharest, he entered Romania's Chamber of Deputies for the National Liberal Party in 1907 and served in the cabinet from 1914.
As part of a group of a group of professors, physicians, soldiers, etc., he helped bring Scouting to Romania (see also Cercetaşii României).
Appointed foreign minister in 1922, he was an avid supporter of the Little Entente, formed between Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia to fend off Hungarian irredentist claims (Hungary claimed Transylvania, which Romania had been awarded after World War I) and prevent the Habsburg dynasty from returning to power in Central Europe.
In November, 1933, King Carol II asked him to head the government as prime minister in preparation for the December elections. In this capacity, Duca worked to keep the growing fascist movement in check, even outlawing their political arm, the Iron Guard. Shortly after, he was shot to death on the platform of the Sinaia train station by Nicolae Constantinescu, an Iron Guard supporter.
Duca wrote extensive memoirs about his experiences as a cabinet minister during World War I.
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