Ion Boițeanu (10 October 1885–5 April 1946) was a

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during

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. After graduating from military school in 1909 with the rank of second lieutenant, he advance in rank to lieutenant (1912), captain (1916), major (1917), lieutenant-colonel (1925), colonel (1931), and brigadier general (1938). Boițeanu served as Secretary-General

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in 1941 and

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Commanding 3rd Division. On 9 May 1941 he was awarded the

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, Commander class.Decretul regal nr. 1.299 din 9 mai 1941 pentru acordări de decorații, publicat în ''

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'', anul CIX, nr. 109 din 10 mai 1941, partea I-a, p. 2.486. In January 1942 he was promoted to major general.Decretul Conducătorului Statului nr. 505 din 19 februarie 1942 pentru înaintări în Armata de Uscat, publicat în ''

'', anul CX, nr. 44 din 20 februarie 1942, partea I-a, p. 1.157. From 18 March to 25 May 1943, he was General Officer Commanding 19th Division, and fought on the Eastern Front. From May to September 1943, he was Acting General Officer Commanding Cavalry Corps, after which he was General Officer Commanding I Corps until April 1944. In January 1944 he advanced in rank to lieutenant general. In April 1944, he became Director of the Higher Military School, a post he kept until 23 August 1944, when

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brought down

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from power. That same day, Boițeanu joined the first Sănătescu cabinet as Minister of National Culture and Religious Affairs, a position he served in until 3 November, when he was dismissed at the request of the Soviet-dominated

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, headed by General

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. He also served for a few days at the beginning of September as acting

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. From 3 December 1944 to 8 April 1945 Boițeanu served as General Officer commanding the IV Corps. The Romanian troops under his command, in cooperation with units of the Soviet

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fought in 1945 in northern

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, conquering the

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mountains, thereby forcing the retreat of the

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units defending the

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mountains.

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* 1885 births 1946 deaths Romanian Land Forces generals Romanian military personnel of World War II Academic staff of Carol I National Defence University Romanian Ministers of Culture Romanian Ministers of Justice Commanders of the Order of the Star of Romania {{Romania-mil-bio-stub