Ion G. Duca

For the settlements briefly named in his memory, see Cristuru Secuiesc, General Toshevo, and Pecineaga.

Ion Gheorghe Duca


President of the Council of Ministers
In office November 14, 1933 – December 30, 1933
Monarch	Carol II
Preceded by	Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Succeeded by	Constantin Angelescu
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
In office January 19, 1922 – March 29, 1926
Preceded by	Gheorghe Derussi
Succeeded by	Ion Mitilineu
Personal details
Born	December 20, 1879 (1879-12-20)
Died	December 30, 1933 (1933-12-31) (aged 54) Sinaia train station, Romania
Political party	National Liberal Party

Ion Gheorghe Duca (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon ˈduka]; December 20, 1879 – December 30, 1933) was prime minister of Romania from November 14 to December 30, 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement.

Life and political career

Born in Bucharest, he entered Romania's Chamber of Deputies for the National Liberal Party in 1907 and served in the cabinet from 1914.

As part of a group of professors, physicians, soldiers, etc., he helped bring Scouting to Romania (see also Cercetașii României).

Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1922, he was an avid supporter of the Little Entente, formed between Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia to fend off Hungarian irredentist claims (Hungary claimed Transylvania, which Romania had been awarded after World War I) and prevent the Habsburg dynasty from returning to power in Central Europe.

In November, 1933, King Carol II asked Duca to head the government as prime minister in preparation for the December elections. In this capacity, Duca worked to keep the rising support for the Iron Guard, also known as The Legion of the Archangel Michael, a fascist movement led by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, in check, even outlawing the All for the Fatherland-party, which was their political arm. What followed was a time of violence when police on orders from Duca sometimes attacked Iron Guard-members^[1] (which led to the deaths of some of the members)^[2] and jailed thousands of them. Shortly after these events and the release of many of the Iron Guard-members from jail, Duca was shot to death, as a form of revenge,^[3] on the platform of the Sinaia train station by Nicolae Constantinescu accompanied by two other persons. All three of them were sentenced to jail for the murder.

He was initiated into Freemasonry while he was studying in France.^[4] Duca wrote extensive memoirs about his experiences as a cabinet minister during World War I. His son, George, edited Duca and George's memoirs while at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in the 1970s and 1980s.

References

↑ Jelavich, p.206
↑ Jelavich, p.206
↑ Ornea, p.298; Veiga, p.197-198
↑ Ilustri Franc-Masoni Romani

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Prime Ministers of Romania

List of Prime Ministers of Romania

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Kingdom of Romania	Ion C. Brătianu Rosetti L. Catargiu Manu Florescu L. Catargiu Sturdza Aurelian Sturdza Cantacuzino Carp Sturdza Cantacuzino Sturdza Ion I. C. Brătianu Carp Maiorescu Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu Marghiloman Coandă Ion I. C. Brătianu Văitoianu Vaida-Voevod Averescu Ionescu Ion I. C. Brătianu Averescu Știrbey Ion I. C. Brătianu V. Brătianu Maniu Mironescu Maniu Mironescu Iorga Vaida-Voevod Maniu Vaida-Voevod Duca Angelescu Tătărescu Goga Cristea Călinescu Argeșanu Argetoianu Tătărescu Gigurtu Antonescu Sănătescu Rădescu Groza

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Presidents of the National Liberal Party

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