Nicolae Calimachi-Catargiu
Nicolae Callimachi-Catargiu was a conservative Romanian politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in two terms from November 28, 1869, to February 1, 1870, and December 18, 1870, until March 11, 1871, and as a Romanian envoy to London and Paris.
Biography
Family
His father was the Logothete Ștefan Catargiu, a member of the Three-headed Kaymakam from the Principality of Moldavia, and his mother was Ruxandra Calimachi, who insisted that he bear the name of the great family from which she came.
He had three brothers, Alexandru Catargiu, and from his mother's second marriage to Prince Alecu Rosetti-Roznovanu ):
Education
He studied at the University of Iași and, from 1857, in Paris. He was elected an MP in the Constituent Assembly in 1866, in which, along with other personalities such as Constantin Grădișteanu, Nicolae Gr. Racoviță, Aristid Pascal opposed to the draft of the Constitution issued by the government, which concerned individual rights and freedoms. From 1876 he became a member of the Junimea society and entered politics, being twice appointed as a Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Dimitrie Ghica cabinet and in the Third Ion Ghica cabinet.
Diplomat
In 1875 he was sent as an agent of Romania to Paris He ended his mission in London in 1881. The reason for the end of the mission was the irritation of the British government due to the disclosure of some secrets of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by M. Callimaki Catargi, materialized by the unauthorized publication of fragments of diplomatic correspondence between Romania and other powers, which harmed Austria's interests revealing the objectives and policy pursued by Brătianu regarding the Danube issue.