Barbu Catargiu (26 October 1807–20 June 1862) was a conservative Romanian journalist and politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Romania, in 1862, until he was assassinated on 20 June that year. He was a staunch defender of the great estates of the boyars, and notably originated the conservative doctrine that "feudalism in Romania had never existed".
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