 In 1858, after the Crimean War removed the country from Russian overseeing, he was, with Emanoil Băleanu and Ioan Al.Filipescu, one of the three "Caimacams" who administered Wallachia pending the election of a new prince by the ad hoc Divan.In 1859, he supported the former prince Bibescu instead of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, and, during the latter's rule as "Domnitor" of the United Principalities, he retired from public life.