Alexandru Marghiloman – the “lord” of romanian parliamentary eloquence
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https://doi.org/10.52673/18570461.26.1-s1.22Keywords:
eloquence, orator, speech, rhetoric, gentlemanAbstract
Alexandru Marghiloman was one of the Romanian political figures who defined Romanian political life at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. He was a minister in several governments seven times and prime minister between March 5 and October 24, 1918. He signed the painful peace with the Central Powers in Bucharest in May 7, 1918, as well as the Union of Bessarabia with Romania on March 27, 1918. Along with his political achievements, he left behind the model of an exceptional political orator, whose Parliamentary Speeches can still constitute an example of elegance, clarity, logic and stylistic vibration of the message in the parliamentary debate today. The present material aims to bring to attention the opinions of some contemporaries of the illustrious politician from Buzău, relative to his oratorical talent, but also to exemplify this, through a few excerpts from these speeches.
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