Ion Gigurtu

E111876

Ion Gigurtu was a Romanian politician and industrialist who briefly served as prime minister in 1940, leading a pro-German government during the turbulent months preceding Ion Antonescu’s regime.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ion Gigurtu canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Romanian politician
human
industrialist
appointedBy Carol II of Romania
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Romania
dateOfBirth 1886-08-24
dateOfDeath 1959-11-24
detainedBy Romanian Communist Party
surface form: communist authorities of Romania
educatedAt ETH Zurich
Technical University of Berlin
employer Mica mining company
ethnicGroup Romanians
genreOfActivity economic policy
infrastructure development
hasCauseOfDeath ill-treatment in prison
headOfGovernmentOf Kingdom of Romania
ideology authoritarianism
pro-German policy
industry mining industry
railway construction
memberOf National Christian Party
National Renaissance Front
Party of the Nation (Romania)
nativeLanguage Romanian
notableFor implementing anti-Jewish legislation in Romania in 1940
leading a pro-German government in Romania in 1940
signing Romania’s adherence to the Tripartite Pact framework negotiations
occupation engineer
industrialist
politician
participantIn World War II political events in Romania
placeOfBirth Gorj County
Târgu Jiu
placeOfDeath Romanian People’s Republic
surface form: Romanian People's Republic

Râmnicu Sărat Prison
positionHeld Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
Minister of Industry and Commerce of Romania
Minister of Public Works of Romania
Prime Minister of Romania
precededBy Gheorghe Tătărescu
religion Romanian Orthodox Church
spouse Elena Gigurtu
succeededBy Ion Antonescu
termEnd 1940-09-04
termStart 1940-07-04

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ion Antonescu precededBy Ion Gigurtu