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n actor, please see Alexandru Papadopol

Alexandru Papadopol

Alexandru Papadopol is a Romanian actor.At the beginning of the year 2000 he appeared in the films Marfa şi banii and Occident, after which he appeared in a series of television productions.-External links:...

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Alexandru Papadopol-Calimah (January 15, 1833 – June 18, 1898) also known as Alexandru Papadopol-Callimachi was a Romania

Romania

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n historian, publicist and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Culture and Public Instruction of Principality of Romania.

Life and political career

Papadopol-Calimah was born on January 15, 1833 in Tecuci

Tecuci

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, to the family of Nicephorus Papadopol, a ship captain and his wife Euphrosyne Callimah who was the daughter of Prince of Wallachia Scarlat Callimachi Voevod

Scarlat Callimachi (hospodar)

Scarlat Callimachi was Grand Dragoman of the Sublime Porte 1801–1806, Prince of Moldavia between August 24 1806 – October 26 1806, August 4 1807 – June 13 1810, September 17 1812 – June 1819 and Prince of Wallachia between February 1821 – June 1821.A member of the Callimachi family, he was the son...

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He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Nicolae Creţulescu

Nicolae Cretulescu

Nicolae Crețulescu was a Wallachian-born Romanian politician and physician. He served three terms as Prime Minister of Romania: from 1862 to 1863, again from 1865 to 1866, and finally in 1867. He was elected to the Romanian Academy....

 cabinet from October 17, 1865 until February 10, 1866 and as the Minister of Culture and Public Instruction from November 16, 1868 until 1870 in Dimitrie Ghica

Dimitrie Ghica

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's cabinet. Papadopol-Calimah was a member since September 12, 1876 and Vice President of the Romanian Academy

Romanian Academy

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from March 18, 1885 to April 5, 1886.
He died on June 18, 1898 in Tecuci.