MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ion Mihai Pacepa

1928 - 2021

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Ion Mihai Pacepa (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈon miˈhaj paˈt͡ʃepa]; 28 October 1928 – 14 February 2021) was a Romanian lieutenant general in the Securitate, the secret police of the Socialist Republic of Romania, who defected to the United States in July 1978 following President Jimmy Carter's approval of his request for political asylum. He was the highest-ranking defector from the former Eastern Bloc, and wrote books and articles on the inner workings of communist intelligence services. His best-known works are the books Disinformation and Red Horizons. At the time of his defection, Pacepa simultaneously had the rank of advisor to President Nicolae Ceaușescu, acting chief of his foreign intelligence service, and a parliamentary undersecretary at Romania's Ministry of Interior. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ion Mihai Pacepa is the 763rd most popular military personnel (down from 487th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Romania (down from 78th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Romanian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ion Mihai Pacepa ranks 763 out of 2,058. Before him are Pavel Sudoplatov, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Dietrich von Saucken, Henri Gouraud, Marcantonio Colonna, and Yasuji Okamura. After him are Wolfgang Lüth, Karol Świerczewski, Erich Brandenberger, Heinz Hitler, Ottavio Piccolomini, and Charles Huntziger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Ion Mihai Pacepa ranks 137. Before him are Sol LeWitt, Edward Albee, Anne Sexton, Sid Watkins, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, and Peter Naur. After him are Pancho Gonzales, Frank Borman, Héctor Rial, Lennart Carleson, Enrique Bolaños, and Dick York. Among people deceased in 2021, Ion Mihai Pacepa ranks 130. Before him are Vicente Fernández, Helen McCrory, Mira Furlan, Tarcisio Burgnich, Yuriy Sedykh, and Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan. After him are Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Adam Zagajewski, Enrique Bolaños, Yaphet Kotto, Lucinda Riley, and Nino Castelnuovo.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ion Mihai Pacepa ranks 117 out of 844. Before him are Adalbert Deșu (1909), Farkas Bolyai (1775), Vlad Călugărul (1425), Abraham Wald (1902), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), and Marcel Janco (1895). After him are Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (1784), Angelica Rozeanu (1921), Ion Luca Caragiale (1852), Armand Călinescu (1893), Aureolus (220), and Basarab the Old (null).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Romania

Among military personnels born in Romania, Ion Mihai Pacepa ranks 5. Before him are Alexander Löhr (1885), Petre Dumitrescu (1882), Artur Phleps (1881), and Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857). After him are Constantin Prezan (1861), Michael von Melas (1729), Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (1884), Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894), Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia (1859), Franz Rohr von Denta (1854), and Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860).

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