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'''Petru Dugulescu''' (b. [[November 18]], [[1945]]) is a [[Romania]]n [[Baptist]] pastor, poet, and a politician. A member of the [[Baptist Union of Romania]] and a representative of the [[National Peasants' Party]] (PNŢ), he played a part in the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989|1989 Revolution]], being among the organizers of protests in [[Timişoara]]. |
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==Biography== |
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'''Petru Dugulescu''' (born [[November 18]], [[1945]]) is a [[Romania|Romanian]] [[Christian]] [[pastor]], [[poet]], and a [[politician]]. He played an important role in the 1989 Romanian Revolution. |
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Born in [[Chelmac, Arad|Chelmac]], [[Arad County]], Dugulescu graduated from the [[Baptist Theological Seminary, Bucharest|Baptist Theological Seminary]] in [[Bucharest]], and became a pastor, while authoring works of [[Christian poetry]]. He was kept under surveillance by the secret police of the [[Communist Romania|Communist regime]] (the [[Securitate]]). His autobiography, ''Ei Mi-au Programat Moartea'' (translated into English under the title "Repenters"), details this period and includes Dugulescu's claims that the Securitate tried to assassinate him. |
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Following the Revolution, Petru Dugulescu joined the PNŢ, and was elected to the [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Chamber of Deputies]] for [[Timiş County]] during the [[Romanian legislative election, 1992|1992 suffrage]], and again in the [[Romanian legislative election, 1996|1996 election]]. He served on the Committee for Human Rights, Religious Affairs and National Minority Issues, as well as on the Committee for Foreign Policy. |
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Petru Dugulescu was elected in the [[Parliament of Romania]] from 1992 to 2000. Prior to that he was a pastor during the [[Communism|communist]] regime of Romania and under the persecution of the secret police (securitate). That persecution ended in 1989 with the [[Romanian Revolution of 1989|revolution]]). He had been harassed and [[Religious persecution|persecuted]] because of his religion{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. His autobiography, ''Ei Mi-au Programat Moartea'' ("They scheduled my death", ([[English language|English]] title, "Repenters"), talks about the persecution of the communist regime on Christians, and the ways the secret police tried to assassinate him. |
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He is the founder and president of Charity Foundation Jesus the Hope of Romania and Onesimus Brothers House for street children |
He is the founder and president of Charity Foundation Jesus the Hope of Romania and Onesimus Brothers House for [[street children]] in Timişoara. |
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==Books== |
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*''Ei Mi-au Programat Moartea'' (They Planned My Death), Repenters - Autobiography, published in 2003 in [[Timişoara]] |
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*Many Christian poems.(Calatorii Enigmatici) and (Apus de Mileniu) |
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==References== |
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*{{ro icon}} [http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=96&cam=2&leg=1996&pag=0&idl=1 Profile at the Chamber of Deputies site] |
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[[Category:Baptist politicians]] |
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[[Category:People from Transylvania]] |
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[[Category:People of the Romanian Revolution of 1989]] |
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[[Category:Romanian Christian ministers]] |
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[[Category:Romanian memoirists]] |
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[[Category:Romanian poets]] |
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[[Category:Romanian Protestants]] |
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Revision as of 13:31, 16 May 2007
Petru Dugulescu (b. November 18, 1945) is a Romanian Baptist pastor, poet, and a politician. A member of the Baptist Union of Romania and a representative of the National Peasants' Party (PNŢ), he played a part in the 1989 Revolution, being among the organizers of protests in Timişoara.
Biography
Born in Chelmac, Arad County, Dugulescu graduated from the Baptist Theological Seminary in Bucharest, and became a pastor, while authoring works of Christian poetry. He was kept under surveillance by the secret police of the Communist regime (the Securitate). His autobiography, Ei Mi-au Programat Moartea (translated into English under the title "Repenters"), details this period and includes Dugulescu's claims that the Securitate tried to assassinate him.
Following the Revolution, Petru Dugulescu joined the PNŢ, and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Timiş County during the 1992 suffrage, and again in the 1996 election. He served on the Committee for Human Rights, Religious Affairs and National Minority Issues, as well as on the Committee for Foreign Policy.
He is the founder and president of Charity Foundation Jesus the Hope of Romania and Onesimus Brothers House for street children in Timişoara.
References
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