Iancu Flondor (3 August 1865 – 19 October 1924) was aRomanian politician who advocatedBukovina'sunion with theKingdom of Romania.
He was born in the town ofStorozhynets (Romanian:Storojineṭ) in Northern Bukovina (now inUkraine). His parents were Gheorghe Flondor (1828–1892) and Isabella von Dobrowolski-Buchenthal (1835–1890).[1] Married to Elena de Zotta, he fathered three sons: Șerban (1900–1971), Neagoe (1901–1952), and Mircea (1908–1928).[2]
After graduating in 1884 from the German High School inCzernowitz with a baccalaureate degree, he studied at the Faculty of Law inVienna (1885–1888), and obtained the title of Doctor of Law from theUniversity of Vienna in 1894.
During the winter of 1918, Flondor clashed with his rivalAurel Onciul over the political future of Bukovina, a dispute which culminated in the November request by the National Council of Bukovina, headed by Flondor, for anintervention by theRomanian Army into what had become a chaotic Bukovina at the end ofWorld War I. Under those circumstances, the Romanian government inIași, wishing to protect the population, decided to send to Bukovina the 8th Division under the command of GeneralIacob Zadik, who entered Cernăuți, on 9 November 1918. On 12 November, the National Council of Bukovina effectively took the helm of Bukovina, forming a cabinet headed by Iancu Flondor. On 15/28 November 1918, the debates ofGeneral Congress of Bukovina opened at the Metropolitan Palace in Cernăuți and decided: "The unconditional and eternal union of Bukovina — within its old boundaries up to the riversCeremuș, Colacin, andDniester — to the Kingdom of Romania".
He died in Cernăuṭi (nowChernivtsi), and was buried in Storojineṭ.
A bust of Flondor, sculpted byMarcel Mănăstireanu [ro], was unveiled inRădăuți in 2009. A street inSector 2 ofBucharest bears his name.
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