) was an ethnic Romanian

Romanians

The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....

 Austro-Hungarian

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

 lawyer and politician of Serb origin. Together with other Romanian intellectual

Intellectual

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s of the National Romanian Party, in 1892 he signed the Transylvanian Memorandum

Transylvanian Memorandum

The Transylvanian Memorandum was a petition sent in 1892 by the leaders of the Romanians of Transylvania to the Austro-Hungarian Emperor-King Franz Joseph, asking for equal ethnic rights with the Hungarians, and demanding an end to persecutions and Magyarization attempts.-Status:After the Ausgleich...

, a document pleading for equal rights with Hungarians in Transylvania, and demanding an end to persecutions and Magyarization

Magyarization

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 attempts.

In 1906 he proposed the federalization

Federation

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 of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy into the so-called United States of Greater Austria

United States of Greater Austria

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He is buried in the cemetery next to St. Nicholas Church

St. Nicholas Church, Brasov

Saint Nicholas Church is a Romanian Orthodox church in Braşov, dominating the historic district of Şchei.The church was established in 1292. It was mentioned in a Papal bull issued in 1399 by Pope Boniface IX. Starting in 1495, the church was rebuilt in stone by the locals, with help from Vlad...

 in Braşov

Brasov

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