Grigore Sturdza
Moldavian general and politician
Intro | Moldavian general and politician | ||
Places | Romania | ||
was | Politician | ||
Work field | Politics | ||
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Birth | 1 January 1821 | ||
Death | 1 January 1901 (aged 80 years) | ||
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Grigorie Sturdza (1821–1901) was a Moldavian, later Romanian general and politician.
A son of Mihail Sturdza, he was educated in France and Germany. He became a general in the Ottoman army under the name of Muklis Pasha, and afterwards attained the same rank in the Moldavian army. He was a candidate for the Moldavian throne in 1859, and subsequently a prominent member of the Russophile party in the Romanian parliament.