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Constantin Coandă | |
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Prime Minister of Romania | |
In office 24 October 1918 – 29 November 1918 | |
Monarch | Ferdinand I of Romania |
Preceded by | Alexandru Marghiloman |
Succeeded by | Ion I. C. Brătianu |
President of the Senate of Romania | |
In office 22 June 1920 – 22 January 1922 | |
Monarch | Ferdinand I of Romania |
Preceded by | Paul Bujor |
Succeeded by | Mihail Pherekyde |
In office 18 July 1926 – 5 June 1927 | |
Preceded by | Constantin I. Nicolaescu |
Succeeded by | Constantin I. Nicolaescu |
Personal details | |
Born | Craiova, Wallachia | 4 March 1857
Died | 30 September 1932 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania | (aged 75)
Spouse | Aïda Danet |
Children | 7 children (among them Henri Coandă) |
Military service | |
Branch/service | Romanian Land Forces |
Rank | General de corp de armată |
Constantin Coandă (4 March 1857 – 30 September 1932) [1] [2] was a Romanian soldier and politician.
Constantin Coandă was born in Craiova. He reached the rank of general in the Romanian Army, and later became a mathematics professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest. Among his seven children was Henri Coandă, the discoverer of the Coandă effect.
During World War I, for a short time (24 October – 29 November 1918), he was the Prime Minister of Romania [3] and the Foreign Affairs Minister. He participated in the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly between the Allies of World War I and Bulgaria.
On 8 December 1920, during his term as President of the Senate of Romania (representing Alexandru Averescu's People's Party), he was badly wounded by a bomb set up by the terrorist and anarchist Max Goldstein.
Constantin Coandă died on 30 September 1932, aged 75, in Bucharest.