Ion Rațiu

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Ion Rațiu

Ion Rațiu (born June 6, 1917 in Turda , Austria-Hungary , † January 17, 2000 in London ) was a Romanian politician of the PNȚCD .

Life

After studying law, Rațiu joined the Foreign Service in 1940 and was a member of the Romanian legation in London. Because of Romania's accession to the Axis Powers, he quit his service and received political asylum in the United Kingdom . Thanks to a scholarship from St John's College , he was able to study economics at Cambridge .

The communist takeover in Romania forced Rațiu to remain in exile after World War II. He founded the Free Romanian Press, a weekly newspaper, and wrote a. a. Radio contributions for the Romanian foreign service of the BBC as well as for Voice of America . In 1984 he was involved in founding the World Union of Free Romanians and was elected President.

In the first free presidential election in 1990 , Rațiu ran as a candidate for the PNȚCD, but was only able to achieve 4.3% of the vote. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies three times ( 1990 , 1992 , 1996 ). With Cotidianul he founded the first private Romanian newspaper after the revolution in 1991 .

Rațiu had been married to Elisabeth Pilkington since 1945. The couple had two children, Nicolae and Indrei.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mari Figuri ale exilului românesc: Ion Ratiu . cotidianul.ro, October 15, 2010, accessed May 29, 2015
  2. ^ Romanian Cultural Center in London: Ion Rațiu , accessed May 29, 2015
  3. ↑ VoxEurop: Cotidianul , voxeurop.eu , accessed on May 29, 2015
  4. ^ Radio România Actualități: Nicolae şi Indrei Raţiu , accessed on May 29, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Rațiu, Ion
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Turda , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 2000
Place of death London