Nicolae Ionescu

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Nicolae Ionescu (1820 in Bradu, Neamț County{{cite book |last1=Stoica |first1=Stan |title=Dicţionar biografic de istorie a României |date=2008 |publisher=Editura Meronia |isbn=978-973-7839-39-8 |page=286 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWAsAQAAIAAJ&q=Nicolae+Ionescu+%221820%22+bradu |access-date=9 February 2024 |language=ro}} – January 24, 1905 in Bradu{{cite book |last1=Rusu |first1=Dorina N. |title=Membrii Academiei Române, 1866-1999: dicționar |date=1999 |publisher=Editura Academiei Române |isbn=978-973-27-6967-6 |page=258 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=recjAQAAIAAJ&q=Nicolae%20Ionescu%20%20%2224%20ianuarie%201905%22%20bradu |access-date=9 February 2024 |language=ro}}) was a Romanian politician, jurist and publicist, brother of the agronomist Ion Ionescu de la Brad.{{cite book |last1=Rădulescu |first1=Mihai Sorin |title=Elita liberală românească, 1866-1900 |date=1998 |publisher=Ed. All |isbn=978-973-9392-93-8 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bS9EAQAAIAAJ&q=Nicolae+Ionescu+%E2%80%9EIon+Ionescu+de+la+Brad%E2%80%9D+frate |access-date=9 February 2024 |language=ro}} He was leader of the Free and Independent Faction,{{cite book |last1=Damean |first1=Sorin |title=Carol I al României: 1866-1881 |date=2000 |publisher=Paideia |isbn=978-973-9368-73-5 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wqq3AAAAIAAJ&q=Liderul+Nicolae+Ionescu+%E2%80%9EFrac%C8%9Biunea+Liber%C4%83+%C8%99i+Independent%C4%83%E2%80%9D |access-date=9 February 2024 |language=ro}} serving several terms in Chamber and Senate, most often as a representative of Roman County, and was helped to establish several liberal coalitions in the 1860s and '70s. His career peaked just before the Romanian War of Independence, when he was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Ion Brătianu. Ionescu ended his career in politics with the National Liberal Party. A professor of world history and a rector of Iași University,{{cite journal |last1=Gafiţa |first1=Irina |title=Nicolae Ionescu. Profesor al Universităţii din Iaşi |journal=Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi. Istorie |date=2014 |issue=60 |pages=493–508 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=260588 |access-date=9 February 2024 |language=Romanian |issn=1221-843X}}{{cite web |title=Rectorii Universităţii din 1860 până în prezent |url=https://www.uaic.ro/despre-uaic/rectorii-universitatii-din-1860-pana-prezent/ |website=Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” din Iași |language=ro-RO}} he was also one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy.{{cite web |title=Academia Romana (membri) |url=https://acad.ro/bdar/armembriLit.php?vidT=I |website=acad.ro |access-date=9 February 2024}}