Victor Stănculescu

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Victor Stănculescu

Victor Atanasie Stănculescu (* 10. May 1928 in Tecuci ; † 19th June 2016 ) was during the Romanian Revolution in 1989 as a Romanian military responsible for the shooting of demonstrators. After the revolution he made a career as a politician . He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated manslaughter in 2008, from which he was paroled in May 2014.

Life

In 1968, Stănculescu was promoted to brigadier general during the Prague Spring . He played a central role in the Romanian Revolution in 1989 . First, he followed the orders of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and implemented the shooting order in Timișoara, which killed 72 people and sustained another 250 gunshot wounds. In the further course of the revolution he ignored the orders of Ceauşescu, which enabled the numerous citizens demonstrating against the regime in the capital Bucharest to take control. Promoted to acting defense minister, Stănculescu organized the show trial against the couple Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu on December 25, 1989 . On December 28, 1989, Stănculescu was appointed Minister of Economy by Ion Iliescu in thanks for his loyalty , and was promoted to Lieutenant General. From February 1990 to April 30, 1991 he was Minister of Defense. In May 1991 he was promoted to general and released into the reserve.

On October 16, 2008, Stănculescu and another high-ranking general, the former Interior Minister Mihai Chițac , were sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for serious manslaughter by the Romanian Supreme Court in connection with the shooting of protesters in Timișoara during the Romanian Revolution in 1989 . After 5 years, a third of the sentence, Stănculescu was released on May 20, 2014. On March 24, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights dismissed Stănculescus and the widow of Chițac, who died in 2010, as inadmissible because of the inappropriateness of the proceedings.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Generalul Victor Atanasie Stănculescu a murit într-un azil. In: România TV of June 19, 2016 (Romanian), accessed June 24, 2016
  2. ↑ Fostul general Victor Stanculescu Atanasie, condamnat pentru Revolutiei reprimarea de la Timisoara, a murit la varsta de 88 de ani. In: HotNews.ro of June 19, 2016 (Romanian), accessed June 24, 2016
  3. ↑ a b Decision of the ECHR on the applications Victor Atanase STĂNCULESCU against Romania a. Mihai CHIŢAC versus Romania. In: European Court of Human Rights of April 16, 2015 (English).
  4. ↑ Michel Minster: Capitalism & Communism: History After WW2. ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AnVi OpenSource Knowledge Trust, p. 331 (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / books.google.ro
  5. ↑ Ceausescu execution 'avoided mob lynching'. In: BBC, December 25, 2009, accessed March 30, 2013
  6. ^ Gregor Clemens Scholz: The system corruption in Romania p. 71
  7. ^ Romanian ex-general Mihai Chitac Dies After Long Illness . In: Media Fax from November 1, 2010 (English)
  8. ↑ Victor Stănculescu, eliberat din închisoare: Istoria va lămuri ce sa întâmplat la Timişoara. In: România liberă of May 21, 2014 (Romanian), accessed June 22, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Stănculescu, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stănculescu, Victor Atanasie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian politician and general
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Tecuci
DATE OF DEATH 19th June 2016