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Ion Antonescu (/ ˌ æ n t ə ˈ n ɛ s k uː /; Romanian: [i'on antoˈnesku] ⓘ; 14 June [O.S. 2 June] 1882 – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and Conducător during most of World War II.
Antonescu and Adolf Hitler at the Führerbau in Munich (June 1941).. In the immediate wake of the loss of Northern Transylvania, on 4 September 1940, the Iron Guard (led by Horia Sima) and General (later Marshal) Ion Antonescu united to form the "National Legionary State", which forced the abdication of Carol II in favor of his 19-year-old son Michael.
This is a list consisting of all the heads of state of modern and contemporary Romania, from the establishment of the United Principalities in 1859 to the present day.. The incumbent head of state, as of 29 January 2025, is President Klaus Iohannis, a former longtime leader of the Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania (FDGR/DFDR) for 12 years between 2001 and 2013 and, briefly, of the ...
August 6 – Alexandru Baltagă, Bessarabian priest (born 1861; died in Soviet custody) September 17 – Alexandru Ioanițiu, general (born 1890; killed in accident near Odessa) September 20 – Petre Sucitulescu, footballer and soldier (killed in action at Dalnik) October 22 – Ioan Glogojeanu, general (born 1888; killed in explosion at Odessa)
6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States. [4] 1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months. [5] 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus. [6]
The National Salvation Front (FSN) take the power during the Romanian Revolution. The leader is elected Ion Iliescu. The new name of the republic becomes Romania; 1990: On 20 May, free elections are held in Romania for the first time after fifty years. FSN, which became a political party, win the elections. Iliescu is elected the second ...
World War II; 1941 – retired; 1944 – recalled; 1945 – retired, second time; Coordinated a "National Resistance Movement" in opposition to the communist regime; Died in detention at Aiud Prison; Paul Alexiu (1893–1963) Major General [4] Served during: World War II; 1950 – retired; Barbu Alinescu (1890–1952) Brigadier General [5 ...
The Kingdom of Romania was an active belligerent in the following military conflicts: 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt (1907) Second Balkan War (1913) World War I (1916–17; 1918) [note 1] Polish–Ukrainian War (1918–1919) Hungarian–Romanian War (1919) Bender Uprising (1919) Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom (1941) World War II ...