Sergiu Niță


Sergiu T. Niță was a politician and lawyer from Romania. He served as Minister for Bessarabia in the Averescu cabinets.

Biography

Sergiu Niță was born on March 21 in 1883 in the Bessarabian village Peresecina into the family of a priest, rector of the St. Michael's Church of the village of Peresecina, Fyodor Niță.
After a while, the family moved to Chișinău.

Education

Sergiu Niță studied in Chișinău. Father Fyodor Niță, a graduate of the Chișinău Theological Seminary, was a friend with the Moldavian writer Constantin Stere, who convinced him to send his son Sergiu to study at Iași University, the Law Faculty.

Career

Sergiu Niță has been the president of the Administrative Court of Chișinău. After the Union of Bessarabia with Romania, Sergiu Niță served as member of the Parliament of Romania and Minister for Bessarabia in the Government of Alexandru Averescu. As minister for Bessarabia, he was the head of the initiative group who established the first Romanian language theater in Chișinău, on October 10, 1920.
He was a leader of the Bessarabian Peasants' Party. Internal divisions caused the party to split, one group led by Sergiu Niță joining the People's League in April 1920.
In 1925, during a visit to Chișinău, the King of Romania Ferdinand the Ist has stopped in the residence of Sergiu Niță.

Death

Sergiu Niță died on March 3, 1940 in Bucharest, but was buried in the Central cemetery in Chișinău

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