Career
Ioan Lahovary was the brother of Alexandru Lahovary, who also previously served as foreign minister and General Iacob Lahovary who was his predecessor in the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and later Minister of War. He was a father of 3. Lahovary served two terms as foreign minister: from April 11, 1899 until July 6, 1900 and March 12, 1907 until December 27, 1908.
Ioan Lahovary died on June 14, 1915 in Bucharest.