(1878-1959)
Member of the Governing Council of Transylvania, leader of the Romanian National Party and then of the National Peasants’ Party, Minister of Labour, Health and Social Welfare, then minister of state, representing Transylvania, in National and Peasants’ Party governments. Minister without portfolio, representing the National Peasants’ Party, in the Petre Groza government (1946).
Arrested for “National Peasants’ Party activity” on 6 November 1948, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment for “sabotage”. Interned at Sighet for thirty-six months, in accordance with MAI Decision no. 638/1951; sentence increased by sixty months, in accordance with MAI Decision no. 671/1953. Released on 15 June 1955.
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