Nicolae Filipescu
Romanian politician (1862-1916)
Nicolae Filipescu (December 5, 1862 – September 30, 1916) was a Romanian politician.
Filipescu was the Mayor of Bucharest between February 1893 and October 1895. It was during his term the first electric tramways circulated in Bucharest. Between December 29, 1910, and March 27, 1912, he was the Minister of War of Romania, in the Cabinet led by Petre P. Carp.
Biography
He attended primary school in Bucharest, after which he completed graduated from the high school in Geneva and law school in Paris. Coming back to his home country, he started to work politically and joined the young conservatives grouped around the newspaper "Epoca". In 1885 he became a Member of the Chamber of Deputies for the first time in the Brăila constituency. On February 9, 1893, he was elected the mayor of Bucharest, a position that he held for almost two years, until 1895, when he became the mayor of Brăila.
In 1899 the Conservatives returned to power and Filipescu was re-elected as Deputy. When the liberal council of the capital was dissolved, he was appointed the chairman of the Interim Commission.
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