The People's Party, originally People's League, was an eclectic, essentially populist, mass movement in Romania. Created by World War I hero Alexandru Averescu, it identified itself with the new polit
Alexandru Averescu
An overconfident headline of Îndreptarea, the League's main newspaper, after the election of 1919. It reads: "Elections under the Military Dictatorship. Defeat for the Brătianu Dynasty"
The two faces of 1920 in Romania: "The Russian Bane", as depicted in a right-wing pamphlet...
... and Queuing for Bread, by the left-leaning artist Nicolae Tonitza.
Nicolae Rădescu
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Nicolae Rădescu was a Romanian army officer and political figure. He was the last pre-communist rule Prime Minister of Romania, serving from 7 December 1944 to 1 March 1945.
People's Party (Romania, 1918–38)
…The PP mobilized itself, forming a tiny cartel with Filipescu's Conservative revivalists and the right-wing "Georgist" Liberals. It was also joined by Nicolae Rădescu, an anti-Carlist officer. He was involved with an Averescan veterans' association, Cultul Patriei ("Cult of the Motherland"). The Averescans were again…
Nicolae Radescu
Rădescu and King Michael I listening to Simion Stoilow, Rector of the University of Bucharest, at the opening celebration for the 1945–1946 academic year