Gheorghe Chițu
Romanian politician, lawyer and judge · Romania · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1828 to 1897 · aged 69
Gheorghe Chițu was a Wallachian, later Romanian lawyer, politician, and man of letters, whose activities were mostly centered on the region of Oltenia.
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The republican coup as satirized in 1884 by Ciulinul magazine: Alexandru Candiano-Popescu in phrygian cap, mounted on a dog and carrying a banner marked "Republic of Ploiești", is presented with covrigi by other conspirators. C. A. Rosetti and Ion C. Brătianu are pictured on the left; kneeling figures to the right include Chițu, at the forefront
Recruits of the Civic Guard, as pictured in 1877 by Nikolay KarazinAwards
About this person
The recipient of a classical education, which compensated for his middle-class background and allowed him to study at the University of Vienna, he was also deeply involved in the Wallachian Revolution of 1848 as an early adherent of "Red" liberalism. He became a propagandist and organizer for the National Party, founding Vocea Oltului gazette in 1857. Chițu was confirmed as the United Principalities' first-ever elected provincial mayor, at Craiova, where he also worked as a lawyer and prosecutor. His political radicalism and his participation in the Romanian Freemasonry were nuanced by his defense of the Romanian Orthodox Church against a reduction of its assets.
