Dumitru Iuca (March 7, 1882 – November 27, 1940) was a

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of Vlașca in 1914, and also served as mayor of his hometown. In 1919, he was elected to the Assembly of Deputies. In the 1930s, he formed part of a relatively younger faction within the PNL, alongside

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and was eventually driven to join the '' camarilla'' surrounding

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.Grigore and Șerbu, p. 251 Iuca was deputy state secretary in the Interior Ministry from November 1933 to August 1936. This period was marked by violent clashes between the government and the Iron Guard, culminating with the latter's assassination of

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at the end of 1933 and the repression that followed. Iuca was part of the ministerial apparatus tasked with maintaining order. In August 1936, in a cabinet led by Tătărescu, he was promoted to Interior Minister,Grigore and Șerbu, p. 252 serving until the following February.Grigore and Șerbu, p. 253 As minister, Iuca oversaw measures to consolidate police forces in order to better face the Guardist threat. However, despite their breach of a provision in the 1923 Constitution that barred unauthorized service in foreign armies, he helped facilitate the funerals of Ion Moța and Vasile Marin, arranging for a special

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outside the normal schedule. Moreover, he was obliged to deal with separatism by Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian and Russian minorities. After Tătărescu himself took over the ministry, Iuca served as state secretary with ministerial rank but without portfolio. He resigned from this post in early April.Stelian Neagoe, ''Istoria guvernelor României'', p. 119. Editura Machiavelli, Bucharest, 1999. He died in Bucharest in November 1940, during the

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*Constantin Grigore and Miliana Șerbu,
Miniștrii de interne (1862–2007)
', Editura Ministerului Internelor și Reformei Administrative, Bucharest, 2007. {{DEFAULTSORT:Iuca, Dumitru 1882 births 1940 deaths People from Giurgiu Prefects of Romania Mayors of places in Romania National Liberal Party (Romania) politicians Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania) Romanian Ministers of Interior 20th-century Romanian lawyers