Victor Antonescu | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
Term Start: | 29 August 1936 |
Term End: | 28 December 1937 |
Predecessor: | Nicolae Titulescu |
Successor: | Istrate Micescu |
Title1: | Minister of Finance |
Term Start1: | 1 February 1935 |
Term End1: | 29 August 1936 |
Predecessor1: | Victor Slăvescu |
Successor1: | Mircea Cancicov |
Monarch1: | Carol II |
Birth Date: | 1871 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Antonești, Teleorman County, Romanian United Principalities |
Death Place: | Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
Resting Place: | Vitănești, Teleorman County |
Victor Antonescu (September 3, 1871, Antonești, Teleorman County – August 22, 1947, Bucharest) was a Romanian politician. He served as Minister of Justice from 4 January 1914 to 11 December 1916 and from 14 November 1933 to 1 February 1935, Minister of Finance between 1935 and 1936, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania from 29 August 1936 until 28 December 1937.[1] From 1922 to 1925 he represented the Romanian government in France.
In 1946, he was part of the Romanian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference.
He is buried in Vitănești, in Teleorman County, in a mortuary chapel which is now listed as a historical monument.[2]