Constantin C. Arion – Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Marghiloman Government

Abstract

The biography of the vice-president of the Council of Ministers, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Marghiloman Government – Constantin C. Arion, presents us with a dignitary who comes from a family that has held political positions for six generations. The honor of the Arions is proven by the deeds of great political and historical importance achieved by the representatives of this family, being generals, magistrates, ministers, prime-presidents. Constantin C. Arion was the first president of the Bucharest Court of Appeal, starting his career as an excellent professor, then an honorary member and one of the founders of the Romanian Athenaeum, he presided over the “Critical Review of Law, Legislation and Jurisprudence” and was elected member of the Romanian Academy. His influence is recorded in various correspondences, which note the impact that C.C. Arion had on the careers of various dignitaries and scholars. Along with P. Carp and Al. Marghiloman, then together with T. Maiorescu, determined the course of major events that increased Romania’s international status. Many political combinations were projected around C. C. Arion, which determined the formation of a contradictory range of opinions on his personality.