Constantin Angelescu (10 June 1869 – 14 September 1948) was a Romanian politician who served as ad interim/acting Prime Minister of Romania for five days, between 30 December 1933 and 3 January 1934. He was: Doctor of Medicine in Paris, Plenipotentiary Minister in the United States (1917–1918), Minister of Public Works and Communications, of the Instruction and Cults several times, Prime Minister after the death of I.G. Duca, professor and director of the surgical clinic at the Faculty of Medicine in Bucharest. Early years Constantin Angelescu was born in 1869 in the family of Dumitru Angelescu (father), a merchant from Craiova, and of Theodore (mother), maiden name Geblescu, whose family was related to the Craiovești family. After the years of education at Obedeanu primary school and at Carol I National College, he studied medicine in Paris. In 1897, in France, he has had his specialization in surgery. He came back to the country, worked in surgery department of Brincovenesc Hospital, then, at Philanthropy, becoming professor (1903) and director of the University of Surgery Clinic. By marrying Virginia Constantinescu-Monteoru, the daughter of millionaire Grigore Monteoru, he became the owner of the Sărata Monteoru spas, some of petroleum land and real estate in the Buzău area. Political activity Dr. Angelescu has started his political career within the National Liberal Party. In 1901, Dr. Angelescu became an MP and senator, and later, the minister of public works (1914–1916) and minister of public guidance. As Minister of Public Works in the Government of Ion I.C. Brătianu, was especially charged with the organization of the Romanian military service, with Romania's entry into the global conflagration. The supporter for the accession to the Triple Entente caused the annoyance of the prime minister who had dismissed him during the establishing of the national union coalition. In 1917, during the evacuation of the government and king to Iasi, Angelescu lived for a short time in Odessa, and then returned to the country. In January – March 1918 he was appointed the Romania's first plenipotentiary minister in Washington. Then in 1918, he was the Deputy Chairman of the National Council for the Romanian Unity established by Take Ionescu in Paris. Later he was the Minister of Public Guidance in Governments chaired by Ion I.C. Bratianu, and then by I. Duca, during which he made important reforms of modernizing education in Romania, as a continuation of those launched in the