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Romanian politician
Grigore Bal?
(d. 1895) was a
Moldavian
-born
Romanian
politician.
Born into an old
Moldavian
boyar
family, the son of a
logothete
, Bal? was active in the movement for the
Union of the Principalities
. In 1858, he edited
Constitu?ionalul
magazine at
Ia?i
, taking a pro-union line. He was part of the first Moldavian government following the achievement of this objective with the election of
Alexandru Ioan Cuza
as
domnitor
in early 1859, serving as Finance Minister under
Vasile Sturdza
from January to March that year. He was then Foreign Minister in the cabinet of
Manolache Costache Epureanu
from November 1859 to March 1860.
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After the political union of Moldavia with
Wallachia
, in January 1862, Bal? was named to the first government encompassing all Romania. Within the cabinet of
Barbu Catargiu
, he was
Minister of Religious Affairs and Public Instruction
for several days in January. He was then reshuffled to become
Finance Minister
, remaining until March. Following the advent of constitutional monarchy in 1866, he was elected
deputy
(1866) and
senator
(1867). He served as
Assembly President
from November 1869 to May 1870. In 1880, he signed the founding statute of the
Conservative Party
.
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Adunarea Deputa?ilor
(Assembly of Deputies)
1862?1947
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Marea Adunare Na?ional?
(Grand National Assembly)
1948?1989
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Adunarea Deputa?ilor
(Assembly of Deputies)
1990?1992
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Camera Deputa?ilor
(Chamber of Deputies)
since 1992
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