cabinet began carrying out a national-level land reform. As the elections of 1926 confirmed the rise of the National Peasants' Party (created as the union of the Romanian National and Peasants' parties), King Ferdinand again called on Averescu to form the government. By that moment, the general was thought by the PNL to be a convenient agent of its own policies, but Averescu's negotiations for a return of the disinherited Prince Carol after his father's imminent death made Brătianu switch his support to a broad coalition government under Barbu Ştirbey. On 21 June 1927, Brătianu returned with his fifth and final cabinet. He died in Bucharest, from complications of laryngitis, and was replaced as Prime Minister by his brother Vintilă Brătianu until the calling of elections. References External links Ion I.C. Brătianu's biography at Firstworldwar.com Daniel Cain: Bratianu, Ion I.C., in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Florian Bichir, Alegerile de altădată (an account of the very first universal elections in Romania) Ioan Scurtu, Personalitatea lui Ion I. C. Brătianu Constantin Xeni, "Ion I. C. Brătianu", in Magazin Istoric, July 2001 (a rather critical essay written by a Conservative contemporary of Brătianu) Ion I. C. Brătianu on the Paris Peace Conference (December 1919) National Liberal Party program of January 1922 1864 births 1927 deaths People from Ștefănești, Argeș Great Union (Romania) Ion I. C. National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875) politicians Prime Ministers of Romania Romanian Ministers of Defence Romanian Ministers of Foreign Affairs Romanian Ministers of Interior Romanian Ministers of Public Works Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian diplomats Romanian engineers Children of national leaders Romanian people of World War I Romanian people of the Hungarian–Romanian War Saint Sava National College alumni Honorary members of the Romanian Academy Infectious disease deaths in Romania