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Title: I. G. Duca papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1933
Collection Number: 66009
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes, 3 microfilm reels
(2.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, notes, and memoranda, relating to Romanian politics and foreign policy.
Creator:
Duca, I. G. (Ion George), 1879-1933
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1966.
[Identification of item], I. G. Duca papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
Memoirs also available on negative microfilm copy.
Ion George Duca was prime minister of Romania from November 14 to December 30, 1933, when he was assassinated for his efforts
to suppress the fascist Iron Guard movement.
Born in Bucharest on December 20, 1879, he entered Romania's Chamber of Deputies for the National Liberal Party in 1907 and
served in the cabinet from 1914. Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1922, he was an avid supporter of the Little Entente,
an alliance formed between Romania, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia.
In November, 1933, King Carol II of Romania asked Duca to head the government as prime minister in preparation for the December
elections. What followed was a time of violence when police jailed thousands of Iron Guard members. Shortly after the release
of many of the Iron Guard members from jail, Duca was shot on the platform of the Sinaia train station by Nicolae Constantinescu.
Ion George Duca's extensive political memoirs were edited by his son George while at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
in the 1970s and 1980s.
Scope and Content of Collection
Memoirs, correspondence, notes, and memoranda, relating to Romanian politics and foreign policy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Romania
Romania -- Politics and government -- 1914-1944
Romania -- Foreign relations
Romania -- History -- 1914-1944
Statesmen -- Romania