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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.
General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: 21 February 1948 General Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party: Gheorghe Apostol (1913–2010) 19 April 1954 30 September 1955 1 year, 164 days First Secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901–1965) 30 September 1955 19 March 1965 (Died) 9 years, 170 days ...
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.
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 incumbent prime minister of Romania, as of 3 March 2025, is Ion-Marcel Ciolacu, the current leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), who has been serving since 15 June 2023 onwards. Ciolacu has been leading a PSD- PNL grand coalition government, as part of and representing the ruling National Coalition for Romania (CNR), since mid June ...
A new period of Romanian history began on the day of the Union of Transylvania with Romania (Great Union Day, Marea Unire). [5] This period would come to an end with international treaties, in the years leading to World War II, which ceded parts of Romania to its neighbors.
Iliescu was elected to his third non-consecutive term in 2000. In March 2004, at the end of his last term, Romania joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as part of the second largest wave of expansion in Central and Eastern Europe. 5 Traian Băsescu (born 1951) 2004 2009: 20 December 2004 21 December 2014 10 years, 1 day [a]
Romania's independence from the Ottoman Empire was recognized in 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin. In an expression of full sovereignty, the principality was elevated to a kingdom in 1881, with Carol I becoming King of Romania. [2] Carol I died in 1914, and was succeeded by his nephew, Ferdinand I.