Pantelimon Erhan

Pantelimon Erhan (1884 – April/May 1971)[1] was a Bessarabian politician and prime minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic (1917–1918).

Pantelimon Erhan
Prime Minister of Moldova^1
In office 7 December 1917 – 13 January 1918
President	Ion Inculeţ
Preceded by	formation of the Republic
Succeeded by	Daniel Ciugureanu
Director General of Public Instruction
In office 1917–1918
Preceded by	Ştefan Ciobanu
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 1917–1918
Personal details
Born	1884 Tănătari, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire (now Moldova)
Died	April/May 1971 Bucharest, Socialist Republic of Romania
1. The name was President of the Council of Directors General.

Biography

Pantelimon Erhan was born in 1884 in Tănătari, Căușeni District. He died in April or May 1971 in Bucharest.

Prime minister

He was the first prime minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic (7 December [O.S. 24 November] 1917 - 29 January [O.S. 16 January] 1918).

On 7 December [O.S. 24 November] 1917, Sfatul Țării elected the Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet (named the Council of Directors General), with nine members and with Pantelimon Erhan as President of the Council of Directors General and Director General for Agriculture. The Agrarian reform was a cornerstone priority of the Moldavian Democratic Republic government.

The presence of the Romanian army in Moldavian Democratic Republic has caused tension within the council, with some of its members, Pantelimon Erhan protesting against it.[2] In particular they feared that big land owners-dominated Romanian Government could use the troops to prevent the envisaged Agrarian reform, a cornerstone priority of the Moldavian Democratic Republic government.[3]

See also

• Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet

Notes

2. Charles Upson Clark, "Bessarabia", Chapter XIX, New York, 1926, available online here
3. P.Halippa, A.Moraru, Testament pentru urmasi, 2nd edition, Hyperion, Chisinau, 1991, p.85-87