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Constantin Prezan

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Monarch
  
Ferdinand I

Name
  
Constantin Prezan

Preceded by
  
Dumitru Iliescu

Years of service
  
1883 - 1920


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Prime Minister
  
Ion I. C. Bratianu Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Marghiloman

Prime Minister
  
Constantin Coanda Ion I. C. Bratianu Artur Vaitoianu Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Averescu

Died
  
August 27, 1943, Bucharest, Romania

Awards
  
Order of Michael the Brave

Battles and wars
  
World War I, Hungarian–Romanian War

Similar People
  
Alexandru Averescu, Ferdinand I of Romania, August von Mackensen, Ion Antonescu, Nikola Zhekov

Preceded by
  
Constantin Christescu

Service/branch
  
Romanian Land Forces

Succeeded by
  
Constantin Cristescu

Mărturii și evocări. Mareșal Constantin Prezan, autor al Marii Uniri - episodul 1 (21 05 2018)


Constantin Prezan (January 27, 1861 – August 27, 1943) was a Romanian general during World War I and a Marshal of Romania afterward.

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Born in Butimanu, Dâmbovița County, Prezan graduated from the officers' infantry and cavalry school in Bucharest and the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr. Made a second lieutenant in 1880, he rose to captain in 1887. A military engineering specialist, he took part in the Second Balkan War.

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General Prezan commanded the 4th Army Corps in 1915-1916, and then became head of the Romanian Fourth Army during the Romanian Campaign later in 1916. Prezan led the Romanian Armed Forces as it retreated into the northeastern part of Romania (Moldavia), and also in the Battle of Bucharest (November 1916). In July and August 1917, Prezan, who was by then Chief of the General Staff (and assisted by the then-Lieutenant-Colonel Ion Antonescu) successfully stopped the German invasion led by Field Marshal August von Mackensen. He continued serving in this position until 1920.
Documents found in military archives have brought to light Prezan's role in creating the Romanian National State. During the campaign of 1916, Prezan was rewarded with the Mihai Viteazu Order, Third Class for deeds of merit, courage, and devotion. In the summer of 1917, when he commanded the General Army Quarters, Prezan was honoured with Mihai Viteazu Order, Second Class.

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During the Hungarian–Romanian War (November 1918- March 1920), Prezan led the Romanian Armed Forces in the battles of Bessarabia, Bukovina, and Transylvania. King Ferdinand awarded his outstanding service with the Mihai Viteazu Order, First Class.
Prezan was promoted as Marshal of Romania in 1930.

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A major boulevard in Bucharest is named after him.

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References

Constantin Prezan Wikipedia