Ion Strat (1836–October 20, 1879) was a Moldavian, later Romanian jurist and politician.Born in Roman, his secondary education took place under the auspices of a tutor from Heidelberg. Between 1855 and 1859, he studied law and public administration at the universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, obtaining a doctorate from the latter institution. Upon his return home, he became personal secretary to the Moldavian interior minister, Mihail Kogălniceanu. In 1860, he was appointed professor of political economy at the newly founded University of Iași. The first head of the political economy department at age 24, he soon became its first rector as well as its first law faculty dean. He served as rector until the following year and left Iași in 1862. He became a member of the state council established in 1864. He was part of three cabinets: Finance Minister under Constantin Bosianu (January–June 1865), Religious Affairs Minister under Ion Ghica (July 1866-February 1867) and again Finance Minister under Lascăr Catargiu (January–March 1876). He also worked as a diplomat in Paris and Constantinople. He served in several legislatures of the Romanian Parliament. Following Alexandru Ioan Cuza's coup in May 1864, he became Senator; in April 1866, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly for Mihăileni; in 1875 he was elected to what was now the Assembly of Deputies, for Suceava County; and he was again a senator at the time of his death. Wikipedia
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