Iuliu Maniu

Iuliu Maniu
32nd Prime Minister of Romania
In office 10 November 1928 – 6 June 1930
Monarch	Michael I
Preceded by	Vintilă Brătianu
Succeeded by	Gheorghe Mironescu
In office 13 June 1930 – 9 October 1930
Monarch	Carol II
Preceded by	Gheorghe Mironescu
Succeeded by	Gheorghe Mironescu
In office 20 October 1932 – 13 January 1933
Monarch	Carol II
Preceded by	Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Succeeded by	Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Leader of the National Peasants' Party
In office 10 October 1926 – June 1931
Preceded by	Himself (as leader of the Romanian National Party) Ion Mihalache (as leader of the Peasants' Party)
Succeeded by	Ion Mihalache
In office July 1932 – January 1933
Preceded by	Ion Mihalache
Succeeded by	Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
In office December 1937 – July 1947
Preceded by	Ion Mihalache
Succeeded by	None (Party dissolved)
President of the Romanian National Party
In office 23 February 1919 – 10 October 1926
Preceded by	Gheorghe Pop de Băsești
Succeeded by	Himself (party merged into the National Peasants' Party)
Personal details
Born	(1873-01-08)January 8, 1873 Szilágybadacsony, Austria-Hungary (now Bădăcin, part of Pericei, Sălaj County, Romania)
Died	February 5, 1953(1953-02-05) (aged 80) Sighet Prison, Romanian People's Republic
Nationality	Romanian
Political party	Romanian National Party (1890–1926) National Peasants' Party (1926–1947)
Alma mater	Franz Joseph University University of Budapest University of Vienna
Profession	Lawyer
Religion	Greek-Catholic
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Iuliu Maniu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈjulju maˈni.u] ^ⓘ; Maniu Gyula ^[1]8 January 1873 – 5 February 1953) was a Romanian lawyer and politician. He was a leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, playing an important role in the Union of Transylvania with Romania.

Maniu served as Prime Minister of Romania for three terms during 1928–1933, and, with Ion Mihalache, co-founded the National Peasants' Party. Arrested by the ascendant communist authorities in 1947 as a result of the Tămădău affair, he was convicted of treason in a show trial and sent to Sighet Prison, where he died six years later.