Ion Costin

Ion T. Costin (19 January 1887 – 12 January 1940) was a Bessarabian Romanian politician. He was born at a time when his native region, as the eastern half of Moldavia, had been taken over by the Russian Empire and organized into a Bessarabia Governorate. Following the October Revolution, he took part in the affairs of the Moldavian Democratic Republic as a member of Sfatul Țării, voting for union with the Kingdom of Romania. Active in its politics, he died several months before the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia.

Ion T. Costin
Costin in 1930
Member of the Moldovan Parliament
In office 1917–1918
Mayor of Chişinău
In office 1933–1937
Preceded by	Dimitrie Bogos
Succeeded by	Alexandru Sibirski
Personal details
Born	(1887-01-19)19 January 1887 Ghidighici, Lăpuşna County
Died	12 January 1940(1940-01-12) (aged 52) Bucharest

Biography

He served as Director General for Internal Affairs in Pantelimon Erhan Cabinet and Daniel Ciugureanu Cabinet, then worked as a lawyer in Tulcea. He served also as deputy mayor and then Mayor of Chişinău (1933—1937), director of Sfatul Țării (newspaper) and Dreptatea.

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External links

• "Viaţa Noastră" - ziarul care a salvat viaţa unui deputat în Sfatul Ţării
• COSTIN, ION T.
• SIMPOZIONUL INTERNAŢIONAL "ION COSTIN - NUME NOTORIU ÎN ISTORIA ŢĂRII. 70 DE ANI DE LA TRECEREA ÎN NEMURIRE" Archived 2010-01-21 at the Wayback Machine