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10 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Iuliu Maniu Iuliu Maniu Leader of the National Peasant Party who led Transylvania's union with Romania, sentenced to life in 1947 and dead in Sighet prison Political and party leadership 1873–1953
Pan Halippa Pan Halippa Journalist and politician who, as vice-president and later president of Sfatul Țării, led the movement for Bessarabia’s union with Romania Legislature and state representation · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1883–1979
Ion Inculeț Ion Inculeț Bessarabian politician who presided over Sfatul Țării and the Moldavian Democratic Republic and saw through its union with Romania Legislature and state representation · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1884–1940
Pantelimon Erhan Pantelimon Erhan Bessarabian Socialist Revolutionary who headed the first government of the Moldavian Democratic Republic and put land reform first Government and administration · Socialist Revolutionary Party (PSR/SR) 1884–1971
Ana Pauker Ana Pauker The world's first woman foreign minister and head of the Romanian party's "Muscovite faction", brought down by Gheorghiu-Dej's 1952 purge Political and party leadership · Romania 1893–1960
Vasile Luca Vasile Luca Finance minister of the "Muscovite faction", purged on the pretext of the 1952 currency reform and dead in Aiud prison, a Székely Hungarian communist Political and party leadership · Romania 1898–1963
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej Romania's first communist leader who turned the country from a Soviet satellite toward a semi-autonomous course Political and party leadership · Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 1901–1965
Nicolae Ceaușescu Nicolae Ceaușescu Romania's leader who combined independent diplomacy with a cult of personality Political and party leadership · Romania 1918–1989
Elena Ceaușescu Elena Ceaușescu The regime insider who fused political power with scientific prestige Political and party leadership · Romanian Communist Party (PCR) 1919–1989
Ion Iliescu Ion Iliescu Ceaușescu's protégé who ordered his execution and led Romania's post-communist transition Political and party leadership · Romania 1930–2025