 He then joined the Conservative-Democratic Party and, finally, the People's Party.From December 1904 to October 1906, he was Religious Affairs and Public Instruction Minister under Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino; from December 1921 to January 1922, he served as Domains Minister under Take Ionescu.While a Conservative deputy for his native Muscel area from 1901 to 1909, he initiated legislation for a rural credit bank called "Casa Rurală".