  lascÄr catargiu (; november 1823 â april 11, 1899) was a romanian conservative statesman born in moldavia. he belonged to an ancient wallachian family, one of whose members had been banished in the 17th century by prince matei basarab, and had settled in moldavia. ==biography== born in iaÈi, catargiu rose to the office of prefect of police in the city under the rule of the moldavian prince grigore ghica (1849&ndash;1856). in 1857 he became a member of the ad hoc divan of moldavia, a commission elected in accordance with the treaty of paris (1856) to vote on the proposed union of moldavia and wallachia (the danubian principalities). his strongly conservative views, especially on land reform, induced the conservatives to support him as a candidate for the romanian throne in 1859. during the reign of domnitor alexandru ioan cuza (1859&ndash;1866), catargiu was one of the opposition leaders, and received much assistance from his kinsman, barbu catargiu (b. 1807), a noted journalist and politician, who was assassinated in bucharest on the june 20, 1862. lascÄr catargiu consequently took part in the so-called monstrous coalition that toppled cuza, and, on the accession of domnitor carol i in may 1866, became president of the council of ministers but, finding himself unable to cooperate with his liberal colleagues, ion brÄtianu and [[c. a. ros
1823_births 1899_deaths Conservative_Party_(Romania,_1880a1918)_politicians Members_of_the_Ad_hoc_Divans Members_of_the_Chamber_of_Deputies_of_Romania Members_of_the_Senate_of_Romania People_from_IaEi Prime_Ministers_of_Romania Romanian_Ministers_of_Defense Romanian_Ministers_of_Interior