This is a list of people executed in Romania. The list includes judicial executions carried out on the territory of present-day Romania, whether by that state or its antecedents.
Earlier jurisdictions edit
- Kingdom of Hungary (1301–1526)
- György Dózsa, peasant revolt leader, July 20, 1514
- Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)
- Sándor Kendi, anti-Habsburg noble, August 30, 1594
- Balthasar Báthory, anti-Habsburg noble, September 11, 1594
- Farkas Kovacsóczy, anti-Habsburg noble, September 11, 1594
- István Jósika, statesman, September 11, 1598
- Starina Novak, prisoner of war, February 5, 1601
- Habsburg monarchy
- Horea and Cloșca, leaders of the Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan, February 28, 1785
- Norbert Ormay, colonel in the 1848 revolution, August 22, 1849
- The 13 Martyrs of Arad, generals in the 1848 revolution, October 6, 1849
- Moldavia
- Luca Arbore, diplomat, April 1523
- Bartolomeo Bruti, diplomat, 1591
- Andronikos Kantakouzenos, statesman, 1601
- Nichifor Beldiman, statesman, c. 1616
- Alexandru Coci, statesman, 1653
- Vasile Gheuca and Gavril Costachi, statesmen, 1680
- Manolache Bogdan and Ioniță Cuza, statesmen, August 18, 1778
- Wallachia
- Udrea Băleanu, statesman, c. May 1601
- Leca of Cătun, statesman, February or March 1616
- Hrizea of Bogdănei, pretender, April to September 1657
- Istratie Leurdeanu, statesman, 1658
- Diicul Buicescul, pretender, July 1659
- Constantin I Cantacuzino, statesman, 1663
- Staico Bucșanu, statesman, June 7, 1693
- Ottoman Empire
- Lupu Mehedințeanu, statesman, 1618
- Constantine Hangerli, Prince of Wallachia, February 18, 1799
- Hungarian State
- Stephan Ludwig Roth, 1848 revolutionary, May 11, 1849
- Ioan Buteanu, 1848 revolutionary, May 23, 1849
- Austria-Hungary
- Emil Rebreanu, military officer, May 14, 1917
Kingdom of Romania edit
- Filimon Sârbu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, July 19, 1941
- Francisc Panet, communist activist, November 7, 1941
- Pompiliu Ștefu, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, March 28, 1942
- Nicolae Mohănescu, socialist activist and anti-fascist militant, 1942
- Petre Gheorghe, communist activist and anti-fascist militant, February 8, 1943
- Ion Antonescu, World War II-era dictator, June 1, 1946
- Mihai Antonescu, foreign minister under Ion Antonescu, June 1, 1946
- Gheorghe Alexianu, governor of Transnistria, June 1, 1946
- Constantin Vasiliu, general and Gendermarie commander, June 1, 1946
Communist period edit
- Nicolae Dabija, anti-communist resistance fighter (together with 6 other members of his group), October 28, 1949
- Remus Koffler, communist activist, April 17, 1954
- Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, purged justice minister, April 17, 1954
- Eugen Țurcanu, Pitești Prison figure, December 17, 1954
- Iosif Capotă, anti-communist resistance fighter, September 2, 1958
- Toma Arnăuțoiu, anti-communist resistance fighter (together with his brother and 14 other members of his group), July 18, 1959
- Oliviu Beldeanu, lead participant in the 1955 seizure of the Romanian embassy in Bern, February 18, 1960
- Ioanid Gang, group of five bank robbers, 1960
- Gheorghe Arsenescu, anti-communist resistance fighter, May 29, 1962
- Ion Rîmaru, serial killer, October 23, 1971
- Gheorghe Ștefănescu, businessman convicted of economic crimes, December 14, 1981
- Ion Pistol, convicted murderer, May 12, 1987
- Vasile Trifan, convicted murderer, May 13, 1987[1][2]
Romanian Revolution edit
- Nicolae Ceaușescu, dictator, December 25, 1989
- Elena Ceaușescu, wife of Nicolae, December 25, 1989
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Guță, Daniel (February 10, 2022). "Ultimul român condamnat la moarte în Hunedoara anilor '80. Mii de oameni furioși au asistat la proces". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ Sălăgean, Adrian. "Povestea unuia din ultimii condamnați la moarte în Hunedoara în anii comunismului". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved May 8, 2023.