Ioan Emanoil Florescu

Ioan Emanoil Florescu (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈo̯aŋ emanoˈil floˈresku]; 7 August 1819, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Wallachia – 10 May 1893, Paris, France) was a Romanian army general who served as Prime Minister of Romania for a short time in a provisional government in 1876 (4 April – 26 April) and then in 1891 (2 March – 29 December).^[1][2] He also served as Chief of the General Staff in 1860 (30 May – 30 August) and then from 21 April 1864 to 1 May 1866.

Ioan Emanoil Florescu
Prime Minister of Romania
In office 4 April 1876 – 26 April 1876
Monarch	Carol I
Preceded by	Lascăr Catargiu
Succeeded by	Manolache Costache Epureanu
In office 2 March 1891 – 29 December 1891
Monarch	Carol I
Preceded by	Gheorghe Manu
Succeeded by	Lascăr Catargiu
Chief of the General Staff
In office 30 May 1860 – 30 August 1860
Preceded by	Istratie Sămășescu [ro]
Succeeded by	himself
In office 21 April 1864 – 1 May 1866
Preceded by	himself
Succeeded by	Gheorghe Slăniceanu [ro]
Personal details
Born	(1819-08-07)7 August 1819 Râmnicu Vâlcea, Wallachia
Died	10 May 1893(1893-05-10) (aged 73) Paris, France
Political party	Conservative Party
Spouses	Ecaterina Bibescu Alina Știrbey
Relatives	Alexandru Emanoil Florescu (brother)
Alma mater	École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr

Florescu is credited with carrying through the unification of the two armed forces of Wallachia and Moldavia following the unification of these two principalities and a thorough organization and modernization of the nascent Romanian army.^[3]

His cousin was Bonifaciu Florescu.^[1]