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Ion Antonescu

1882 - 1946

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Ion Antonescu (; 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. Having been responsible for facilitating the Holocaust in Romania, he was overthrown in 1944, before being tried for war crimes and executed two years later in 1946. A Romanian Army career officer who made his name during the 1907 peasants' revolt and the World War I Romanian campaign, the antisemitic Antonescu sympathized with far-right and fascist politics. He was a military attaché to France and later Chief of the General Staff, briefly serving as Defence Minister in the National Christian cabinet of Octavian Goga as well as the subsequent First Cristea cabinet, in which he also served as Air and Marine Minister. During the late 1930s, his political stance brought him into conflict with King Carol II and led to his detainment. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Antonescu is the 743rd most popular politician (down from 722nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Romania (up from 13th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Romanian Politician.

Antonescu was a Romanian military officer who served as the country's Prime Minister and Conducător during World War II. He presided over Romania's transition from a democracy to a dictatorship and was responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Jews, Roma, and other Romanian civilians.

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Among politicians, Ion Antonescu ranks 743 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Tigranes the Great, Maximinus Thrax, Yesugei, Ptolemy III Euergetes, and Taejong of Joseon. After him are Béla IV of Hungary, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Tahmasp I, Louis, Dauphin of France, Peter II of Russia, and Moon Jae-in.

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Among people born in 1882, Ion Antonescu ranks 11. Before him are Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Wilhelm Keitel, Georges Braque, Sigrid Undset, Max Born, and Georgi Dimitrov. After him are Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Emmy Noether, Günther von Kluge, Percy Williams Bridgman, Abdullah I of Jordan, and Kurt von Schleicher. Among people deceased in 1946, Ion Antonescu ranks 9. Before him are John Maynard Keynes, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Alfred Jodl, and Amon Göth. After him are Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Gerhart Hauptmann, Hans Frank, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Mikhail Kalinin, and Alexander Alekhine.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Antonescu ranks 12 out of 844. Before him are Michael I of Romania (1921), Stephen Báthory (1533), Alaric I (376), Emil Cioran (1911), John Hunyadi (1407), and Tristan Tzara (1896). After him are Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Herta Müller (1953), Mircea Eliade (1907), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Radu cel Frumos (1438), and Constantin Brâncuși (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Ion Antonescu ranks 7. Before him are Nicolae Ceaușescu (1918), Leo I the Thracian (401), Michael I of Romania (1921), Stephen Báthory (1533), Alaric I (376), and John Hunyadi (1407). After him are Béla IV of Hungary (1206), Elena Ceaușescu (1916), Radu cel Frumos (1438), Vlad II Dracul (1395), Theodoric I (393), and Béla Kun (1886).

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