Pantelimon Erhan
Pantelimon Erhan | |
|---|---|
Erhan in 1929 | |
| 1st Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic | |
| In office 7 December 1917 – 13 January 1918 | |
| President | Ion Inculeț |
| Preceded by | formation of the Republic |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Ciugureanu |
| Director General of Public Instruction | |
| In office 1917–1918 | |
| Preceded by | Ştefan Ciobanu |
| Member of the Moldovan Parliament | |
| In office 1917–1918 | |
| Member of the Senate of Romania[1] | |
| Member of the Russian Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 1917–1918 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1884 |
| Died | April/May 1971 |
| Party | Socialist Revolutionary Party National Liberal Party[2] |
| Other political affiliations | National Moldavian Party[3] Bessarabian Peasants' Party League against Usury (1929-1932) |
| 1. The name was President of the Council of Directors General. | |
Pantelimon Erhan (1884 – April/May 1971)[4] was a Bessarabian politician and prime minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918).
Biography
Pantelimon Erhan was born in 1884 in Tănătari, Căușeni District. He died in April or May 1971 in Bucharest.
Prime minister
He was the first prime minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic (7 December [O.S. 24 November] 1917 - 29 January [O.S. 16 January] 1918).
On 7 December [O.S. 24 November] 1917, Sfatul Țării elected the Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet (named the Council of Directors General), with nine members and with Pantelimon Erhan as President of the Council of Directors General and Director General for Agriculture. Agrarian reform was a cornerstone priority of the Moldavian Democratic Republic government.
The presence of the Romanian Army in the Moldavian Democratic Republic caused tension within the council, with some of its members, including Pantelimon Erhan, protesting against it.[5][6] In particular, they feared that the Romanian government, dominated by large land owners, could use the troops to prevent the envisaged agrarian reform.[7]
Pantelimon Erhan was elected in the Russian Constituent Assembly, but, after its dissolution by the Bolshevik Government, moved closer to the pan-Romanianists. He joined the leadership of the National Moldavian Party, being expelled from the Socialist Revolutionary Party.[8] Erhan voted for the union of Bessarabia with Romania and was later elected in the Senate of Romania.
See also
References
- ^ https://www.timpul.md/articol/dam-start-unirii-in-culisele-istoriei--liderul-primului-guvern-al-basarabiei-90168.html?action=print
- ^ "Monitorul Oficial, iulie 1927 (nr. 142-168)", Adt.arcanum.com, retrieved 2026-02-14
- ^ https://hrono.ru/biograf/bio_ye/erhan.php
- ^ "Pantelimon Erhan 12 mai - Google Search". Google.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ Charles Upson Clark, "Bessarabia", Chapter XIX, New York, 1926
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Pan Halippa, Anatolie Moraru, Testament pentru urmași, 2nd edition, Hyperion, Chișinău, 1991, p. 85-87
- ^ https://hrono.ru/biograf/bio_ye/erhan.php