Mihail Pherekyde

Mihail Pherekyde (November 14, 1842 – January 24, 1926) was a Romanian politician and diplomat who served as the President of the Senate, President of the Assembly of Deputies, Minister of Foreign Affairs and two terms as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kingdom of Romania.

Mihail Pherekyde
1910 illustration of Pherekyde
President of the Senate of Romania
In office 31 March 1922 – 24 January 1926
Monarch	Ferdinand I
Preceded by	Constantin Coandă
Succeeded by	Constantin I. Nicolaescu
President of the Assembly of Deputies
In office 24 March 1901 – 9 December 1904
Monarch	Carol I of Romania
Preceded by	Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino
Succeeded by	Ștefan C. Șendrea
In office 8 June 1907 – 15 December 1909
Preceded by	Constantin Cantacuzino-Pașcanu
Succeeded by	Basile M. Missir
In office 16 February 1910 – 10 January 1911
Preceded by	Basile M. Missir
Succeeded by	Constantin P. Olănescu
In office 21 February 1914 – 11 December 1916
Preceded by	Constantin Cantacuzino-Pașcanu
Succeeded by	Vasile Morțun
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office December 16, 1885 – March 21, 1888
Monarch	Carol I of Romania
Preceded by	Ion Brătianu
Succeeded by	Petre P. Carp
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office March 31, 1897 – March 30, 1899
Monarch	Carol I of Romania
Preceded by	Vasile Lascăr
Succeeded by	Gheorghe Cantacuzino
In office December 15, 1909 – February 6, 1910
Preceded by	Ion I. C. Brătianu
Succeeded by	Ion I. C. Brătianu
Personal details
Born	(1842-11-14)November 14, 1842 Bucharest, Wallachia
Died	January 24, 1926(1926-01-24) (aged 83) Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
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Life and political career

Pherekyde attended St. Sava School and then the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. He graduated from the University of Sorbonne with a degree in Law.^[1] He was a member of newly formed Liberal Party of Romania established in 1875. On December 16, 1885, he took the post of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and was replaced by Petre P. Carp on March 21, 1888.^[2] He also served as Romanian envoy to France and played a role in acquisition of a building for Romanian Orthodox Church in Paris.^[3] Pherekyde was then appointed Minister of Internal Affairs on March 31, 1897 within Dimitrie Sturdza's government and served until March 30, 1899. He held the same office from December 15, 1909 until February 6, 1910.^[4]

See also

• Foreign relations of Romania