Spouse(s) Olivia Lula Role Politician Alma mater Odessa University Education Odessa University | Religion Eastern Orthodoxy Name Anton Crihan Resting place Chisinau | |
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Born July 10, 1893Singerei ( 1893-07-10 ) Political party National Peasants' Party Children Dumitru Crihan ( 1924-1999) Died January 9, 1993, St. Louis, Missouri, United States | ||
Interviu cu romanul basarabean anton crihan 1893 1993
Anton Crihan (July 10, 1893, Sîngerei- January 9, 1993, St. Louis, Mo) was a Bessarabian politician.
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Anton Crihan served as Member of Sfatul Ţării (1917-1918), the Parliament of Romania, and the Government of Romania. After World War I and the Communist revolution in Russia, Dr. Crihan, was among the handful of campaigners who succeeded in annexing most of Bessarabia to Romania. He became politically active in Romania, which was then governed by a constitutional monarchy. Trained as an economist, he served on the Central Committee of the National Peasant Party, was elected to several terms in Parliament and was appointed Agriculture Minister. After the Soviet occupation of Romania, Crihan fled on foot to Yugoslavia and arrived in the United States in 1949. After the Soviet takeover, Dr. Crihan went into hiding and then fled on foot. He made his way across Europe spending time in Paris to complete a PhD in Economics at the Sorbonne. He finally arrived in the United States in 1949, where he delivered lectures and wrote articles and books championing the reunification of Moldavia and Romania. Moldavia, now known as Moldova, gained independence when the Soviet Union disintegrated in late 1991.