Treaty of Bucharest (1918)

Treaty of Bucharest

Romanian prime minister Alexandru Marghiloman signing the treaty
Signed	7 May 1918
Location	Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania[a]
Condition	Ratification by Romania and the Central Powers
Signatories	Richard von Kühlmann Paul von Koerner [de] Johannes Kriege Generalmajor Emil Hell [de] Kapitän zur See Hans Bene [de] Stephan Burián von Rajecz Vasil Radoslavov Dimitar Tonchev [de] Major General Zanttloff Lyubomir Miletich Ahmed Nessimy Bey Ahmed Izzet Pasha Hikmet Bey Alexandru Marghiloman Constantin C. Arion Ion Papiniu Mihail Burghele[1][2]
Parties	German Empire Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Romania
Languages	German, Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ottoman Turkish[3]

The Treaty of Bucharest (1918) was a peace treaty between Romania and the opposing Central Powers following the stalemate reached after the campaign of 1917. This left Romania isolated after Russia's unilateral exit from World War I (see the Armistice of Focșani and Treaty of Brest-Litovsk).

Following the Central Powers' ultimatum issued during the meeting [ro] between Ferdinand I of Romania and Ottokar Czernin, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister, on 27 February [O.S. 14 February] 1918 at the Răcăciuni railway station, King Ferdinand summoned a Crown Council [ro] on 2 March [O.S. 17 February] in Iași, the Romanian capital-in-exile. After long and difficult discussions, which lasted 3 days, and despite the strong opposition of Queen Marie and General Constantin Prezan, the Crown Council decided to accept the ultimatum and send envoys to Buftea to negotiate a preliminary peace treaty. The preliminary peace treaty was concluded on 5 March [O.S. 20 February] 1918, by which Romania accepted frontier rectifications in favor of Austria-Hungary, to cede the whole of Dobruja, to demobilize at least 8 divisions, to evacuate the Austro-Hungarian territory still in its possession and to allow the transport of Central Powers' troops through Western Moldavia and Bessarabia towards Odessa.^[4]

Alexandru Marghiloman, then Prime Minister of Romania, signed the final treaty at the Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest, on 7 May [O.S. 25 April] 1918 and it was ratified by the Chamber of Deputies on 28 June and by the Senate on 4 July 1918.^[5] However, King Ferdinand refused to sign or promulgate it.

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