Armand Călinescu
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Image:Armand.JPG Armand Călinescu (June 4 (May 22 (O.S.)), 1893, Piteşti - September 21, 1939, Bucharest) was a Romanian economist and politician.
Călinescu was born on May 22, 1893 in the family of an army doctor. Between 1912 and 1918, he studied the Law and Philosophy at University of Bucharest, then he took a Ph.D. in Economical and Political Sciences at the University of Paris.
After his entry into politics, he was elected as member of Romanian Parliament and served between 1926 and 1937.
He was a staunch ally of France and the United Kingdom and a steadfast adversary of the pro-Nazi Germany movements in Romania. Becoming Interior Minister in March 1938, he prepared himself for the confrontation with the Iron Guard. In November, Călinescu decapitated that organization by killing their leaders in prison. In 1939, after brief stints as Minister of Health and Minister of Education, on March 7 he became Prime Minister of Romania, being considered the man of steel able to prevent Iron Guard political violence and to keep Romania out of pro-Nazi Germany war camp.
In September 1939, after the invasion of Poland, the pro-Nazi members of Iron Guard alleged that he and the King Carol II planned with the British Intelligence services to blow up Prahova oil fields, preventing Germany to take control and use them. He was assassinated by Iron Guard members under the direct leadership of Horia Sima, and it seems that his assassins were sent by Germany.fr:Armand Calinescu ro:Armand Călinescu