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About Alexandru Bădărău
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- Badarau (April 9, 1859–March 27, 1927) was a Romanian politician, academic and journalist. Born in Badarai, Ia?i County (now in Boto?ani County), his father was the local mayor.
- He studied at the National College in Ia?i, graduating first in his class in 1877.
- He then entered Ia?i University, but was expelled in 1881 for participating in the socialist movement.
- Badarau continued his education at the University of Paris, where he obtained a law degree, also earning a diploma from the École Libre des Sciences Politiques.
- He then took a doctorate in literature and philosophy from the Free University of Brussels.
- While there, he took part in a socialist circle that published Dacia viitoare magazine in 1883.
- After returning home in 1885, he became a French teacher at two schools in Ia?i as well as a psychology professor within the local university's literature faculty.
- Together with George Panu, he founded the Radical Democratic Party in 1888; this merged with the Conservative Party (PC) in 1897.
- In 1908, he left that party, following Take Ionescu into the Conservative-Democratic Party.He was elected to the Assembly of Deputies as a PC candidate.
- Badarau was mayor of Ia?i from 1899 to 1901, undertaking a vigorous civic activity.
- He twice served as minister in Conservative cabinets: under Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, he was Justice Minister from December 1904 to June 1906; under Titu Maiorescu, he was Public Works Minister from October 1912 to December 1913.
- After World War I, he founded Opinia newspaper, where he was a frequent contributor.
- He died in Ia?i.
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