High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Iuliu Maniu (Romanian pronunciation: ; January 8, 1873 – February 5, 1953) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician. A leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, he served as Prime Minister of Romania for three terms during 1928–1933, and, with Ion Mihalache, co-founded the National Peasants` Party.