Education
A member of the Bellu family, of Aromanian origin, he studied at home and then in Greece around the year 1843.
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Barbu Bellu
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Bellu, the most famous cemetery in Romania, sits on a plot of land donated by Barbu Bellu to the local administration. In 1850, he became a judge of the Ilfov County courthouse and in 1852, the presiding judge of the same courthouse. He was a prosecutor at Curtea de Argeş in 1856 and starting 1859, a judge at the Romanian High Court of Justice.
In 1863, he was the Minister of Justice in the Kretzulescu cabinet for one month.
In 1866, Austrian Emperor Franz Josef gave him the title of baron. After Alexandru Ioan Cuza abdicated, Barbu Bellu retired from public life.
Membership
He was a Member of Parliament, representing Muscel County in 1859, 1861 and 1864.
