List of people executed in Romania

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 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, 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, 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 , 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

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 , general and Gendermarie commander, June 1, 1946

Communist period 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 , 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

Romanian Revolution

Nicolae Ceaușescu, dictator, December 25, 1989 Elena Ceaușescu, wife of Nicolae, December 25, 1989

See also Capital punishment in Romania

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