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Marshal
Constantin Prezan
25th and 28th Chief of the Romanian General Staff
In office 5 December 1916 – 1 April 1918
Monarch
Ferdinand I
Prime Minister
Ion I. C. Brătianu Alexandru Averescu Alexandru Marghiloman
Preceded by
Dumitru Iliescu
Succeeded by
Constantin Cristescu
In office 28 October 1918 – 20 March 1920
Monarch
Ferdinand I
Prime Minister
Constantin Coandă Ion I. C. Brătianu Artur Văitoianu Alexandru Vaida-Voevod Alexandru Averescu
Preceded by
Constantin Cristescu
Succeeded by
Constantin Cristescu
Member of the Crown Council
In office 30 March 1938 – 6 September 1940
Monarch
Carol II
Personal details
Born
(1861-01-27)27 January 1861 Butimanu, United Principalities
Died
27 August 1943(1943-08-27) (aged 82) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Resting place
Schinetea, Vaslui County
Alma mater
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr
Awards
Legion of Honour, Grand Officer Order of Michael the Brave, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class
Military service
Allegiance
Kingdom of Romania
Branch/service
Romanian Army
Years of service
1883–1920
Rank
Marshal
Commands
Fourth Army
Battles/wars
Second Balkan War World War I
Battle of Transylvania
Northern front
Battle of the Eastern Carpathians
Second Battle of Oituz
Battle of Slatina
Battle of Bucharest
Battle of Prunaru
Pitești–Târgoviște Retreat
Battle of the Argeș
Battle of Galați
Hungarian–Romanian War
Constantin Prezan (January 27, 1861 – August 27, 1943) was a Romanian general during World War I. In 1930 he was given the honorary title of Marshal of Romania, as a recognition of his merits during his command of the Northern Army and of the General Staff.
Besides his participation in World War I, he also took part in the Second Balkan War and the 1918–1920 military operations for safeguarding the Great Union. He avoided getting actively involved in politics, although he had a series of political titles, which were rather honorary in nature. For instance, he held the title of senator by right, based on his high rank in the army, and that of member of the Crown Council of Romania.
ConstantinPrezan (January 27, 1861 – August 27, 1943) was a Romanian general during World War I. In 1930 he was given the honorary title of Marshal of...
northern Bucharest, Romania. It lies at the intersection of Aviatorilor, ConstantinPrezan and Primăverii Boulevards, and Calea Dorobanților. In the centre of...
part of the Imperial Russian army. The Romanian Army, led by General ConstantinPrezan, had previously been unable to stop the German counterattack in Muntenia...
forces, led by Marshal ConstantinPrezan, retreated into the north-east part of Romania (Moldavia). In the summer of 1917 however, Prezan, aided by Ion Antonescu...
Carol II (1893–1953) 1930 - Alexandru Averescu (1859–1938) 1930 - ConstantinPrezan (1861–1943) 21 August 1941 - Ion Antonescu (1886–1946) List of Russian...
forces, led by Marshal ConstantinPrezan, retreated into the north-east part of Romania (Moldavia). In the summer of 1917 however, Prezan, aided by the future...
Battle of Bucharest) and designated the recently promoted General ConstantinPrezan to lead it. The plan envisaged the checking of the advance of the...
I Ion I. C. Brătianu Constantin Iancovescu Vasile Zottu (until Oct. 1916) Dumitru Iliescu (Oct. – Dec. 1916) ConstantinPrezan (from Dec. 1916) Victory...
Vasile Zottu [ro] – Chief of the General Staff of Romania (1914–1916) ConstantinPrezan – Commander of the 4th (also known as Northern Army), later Chief...
Stefan Toshev • Todor Kantardzhiev • Ivan Kolev Entente: Romania: ConstantinPrezan • Alexandru Averescu; Russia: Andrei Zayonchkovski • Vladimir Sakharov...
the Allied side, Ion Antonescu acted as chief of staff for General ConstantinPrezan. When enemy troops crossed the mountains from Transylvania into Wallachia...
after the Romanian 1st Army received its new commanders – General ConstantinPrezan and his talented operations officer, Captain Ion Antonescu – the Romanians...
under Colonel Anastasiu was left at Orșova. On 22 November, General ConstantinPrezan and his talented operations officer, Captain Ion Antonescu, were assigned...
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Romanian armies invading Transylvania. It was commanded by General ConstantinPrezan. Opposed to the North Army was the Austro-Hungarian 61st Infantry...
Admiral of the Royal Italian Navy Ferdinand I – King of Romania General ConstantinPrezan – Chief of the General Staff of Romania Ion I. C. Brătianu – Prime...
Romanian resistance the Germans halted after taking Prunaru. General ConstantinPrezan's maneuver group checked the German forces in the region within two...
13 October. Commanding the Northern Army was ConstantinPrezan, a general who had studied in France. Prezan was, however, widely regarded as more of a courtier...
Stefan Toshev • Todor Kantardzhiev • Ivan Kolev Entente: Romania: ConstantinPrezan • Alexandru Averescu; Russia: Andrei Zayonchkovski • Vladimir Sakharov...
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