Born in
Bârlad,
Moldavia, he studied in
Heidelberg, Germany and returned to Moldavia to participate in the 1848 revolutionary movement, being part of the
ad hoc committee. In 1866, he was the president of the council which decided to invite a foreign dynasty to rule Romania. In 1871, during the
Lascăr Catargiu conservative government, Epureanu was the
Minister of Justice between October 1872 and March 1873. He then switched to the opposition and in 1876, he was a
national liberal Prime Minister, but later he switched again to the Conservative Party. He published
Chestia locuitorilor privită din punctul de vedere al Regulamentului organic (1866) and
Despre pretinsa rescumpărare a căilor ferate (1879). He was the father of
Elena Bibescu. He died in
Schlangenbad,
Duchy of Nassau, which is now in Germany. ==References==