Ion Mihalache

Ion Mihalache (born March 3, 1882, Topoloveni, Rom.—died 1963, Sighet) was a Romanian statesman and popular political leader and founder of the Peasant Party. In 1918 Mihalache formed the Peasant Party of the old Regat (Moldavia and Walachia); the party had much success in the elections of November 1919. While he was minister of agriculture in the Peasant-Transylvanian National Party coalition government (1919–20), his proposed land reforms disquieted King Ferdinand and the conservative interests and...