Barbu Catargiu

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Barbu Catargiu
Barbu Catargiu

In office
1862 – 20 June/8 June 1862
Preceded by none
Succeeded by Nicolae Creţulescu

Born 26 October 1807 (1807-10-26)
Died 20 June/8 June 1862
Bucharest, Romania
Political party Conservative Party

Barbu Catargiu (26 October 180720 June [O.S. 8 June] 1862) was a conservative Romanian journalist and politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania in 1862 until he was assassinated on June 20 of that year.