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Constantin Coandă
Prime Minister of Romania
In office 24 October 1918 – 29 November 1918
Monarch	Ferdinand I of Romania
Preceded by	Alexandru Marghiloman
Succeeded by	Ion I. C. Brătianu
President of the Senate of Romania
In office 22 June 1920 – 22 January 1922
Monarch	Ferdinand I of Romania
Preceded by	Paul Bujor
Succeeded by	Mihail Pherekyde
In office 18 July 1926 – 5 June 1927
Preceded by	Constantin I. Nicolaescu
Succeeded by	Constantin I. Nicolaescu
Personal details
Born	(1857-03-04)4 March 1857 Craiova, Wallachia
Died	30 September 1932(1932-09-30) (aged 75) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Spouse	Aïda Danet
Children	7 children (among them Henri Coandă)
Military service
Branch/service	Romanian Land Forces
Rank	General de corp de armată

Constantin Coandă (4 March 1857 – 30 September 1932)^[1][2] was a Romanian soldier and politician.

Biography

Constantin Coandă was born in Craiova. He reached the rank of general in the Romanian Army, and later became a mathematics professor at the National School of Bridges and Roads in Bucharest. Among his seven children was Henri Coandă, the discoverer of the Coandă effect.

During World War I, for a short time (24 October – 29 November 1918), he was the Prime Minister of Romania^[3] and the Foreign Affairs Minister. He participated in the signing of the Treaty of Neuilly between the Allies of World War I and Bulgaria.

On 8 December 1920, during his term as President of the Senate of Romania (representing Alexandru Averescu's People's Party), he was badly wounded by a bomb set up by the terrorist and anarchist Max Goldstein.

Military functions

• Platoon commander in the 1st Artillery Regiment (1877 – 1883)
• Positions in military education at the Bucharest School of Artillery, Engineering and Naval Officers and at the Superior School of War
• Command and staff functions
• Commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment
• Commander of the 5th Army Corps
• Secretary General of the Ministry of War
• Commander of the Bucharest Citadel
• Military attaché in Berlin, Vienna and Paris
• Director of the Artillery Department of the Ministry of War
• Head of department in the General Staff
• Inspector General of Artillery.

Other positions

• Teacher at the Bucharest Bridge and Roads School
• Delegate to the International Conference in The Hague
• Military and diplomatic attaché near the Quarter of Tsar Nicholas II (1916 – 1918)
• Minister of Industry (March 20 – July 14, 1926)
• Minister Secretary of State (August 10, 1926 – June 4, 1927) .

Writings

• Artillery Course (1884 – 1885)
• Projectiles and Missiles (1884).

Death

Constantin Coandă died on 30 September 1932, aged 75, in Bucharest.

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