Wallachian-born Romanian military leader and politician
Ioan Culcer
General Ioan Culcer in 1916
Born
(1853-07-29)July 29, 1853 Târgu Jiu,[1] Wallachia
Died
September 1928(1928-09-00) (aged 75) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Allegiance
Romanian Army
Service/branch
Military engineering
Years of service
1877–1916
Rank
First Lieutenant (1877)[2] General de Divizie (1916)[3]
Commands held
5th Corps (1913–1916)[4] 1st Army (August – October 1916)[5]
Battles/wars
Romanian War of Independence
Siege of Plevna
Second Balkan War
Southern Dobruja Offensive
Romanian Campaign (World War I)
Battle of Transylvania
Nagyszeben Offensive
Petrozsény Offensive
Battle of Mezőlivádia
Battle of Sellenberk (1916)
Battle of Nagybár
First Battle of Petrozsény
Veresmart Offensive
Battle of Mount Csindrel
Second Battle of Petrozsény
Battle of Kolun
Battle of Nagyszeben
Third Battle of Petrozsény
Orsova Offensive
Battle of Herkulesfürdő
First Battle of Orsova
Battle of Sălătrucu
First Battle of the Jiu Valley
Awards
Military Virtue Medal Order of Saint Stanislaus Order of the Black Eagle Order of the Star of Romania[6]
Other work
Secretary-general of the War Ministry (1904–1907)[5]
Minister of Public Works[5]
In office 29 January 1918 – 4 March 1918
Prime Minister
Alexandru Averescu
Preceded by
Dimitrie Greceanu [ro]
Succeeded by
Constantin Hârjeu
Ioan Culcer (29 July 1853 – September 1928) was a Wallachian-born Romanian military leader and politician. Culcer served as a lieutenant during the Romanian War of Independence (1877–1878) and as a general during the Second Balkan War and World War I. In early 1918, he served as Minister for Public Works in the First Averescu cabinet.
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^Hentea, Călin (July 6, 2007). "Brief Romanian Military History". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
^Nigel Thomas, Dusan Babac, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2012, Armies in the Balkans 1914–18, pp. 33 and 46
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^ abcT.G. Otte, Routledge, Apr 15, 2016, An Historian in Peace and War: The Diaries of Harold Temperley, p. 52
^Brigade General Constantin Ispas. CĂRĂRILE DESTINULUI. GENERALUL DE CORP DE ARMATĂ ION D. CULCER, FOST COMANDANT AL ARMATEI I (1915–1916)(PDF) (in Romanian). Romanian National Military Archives. pp. 23 and 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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