Career
He participated in both World War I and World World War II, and rose through the ranks in the Romanian Army. On November 9, 1941, he was appointed the commander of the Romanian Fourth Army, and became a Corps General on January 24, 1942. On February 10, 1943, he was relieved of his assignment and replaced by Constantin Sănătescu.
Constantinescu-Claps retired in 1943, was arrested in 1951, and was condemned to 15 years" imprisonment in 1954.
In 1955, he was exonerated and released.
