Ion Stepanovici Codreanu (born 14 April 1879
ČtefÄneČti, FloreČti,
Soroca County; died 15 February 1949
Bucharest
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) was a
Moldova
Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The List of states ...
n politician.
Biography
In 1917, Codreanu was a founding member of the
National Moldavian Party
The National Moldavian Party was a political party in Bessarabia.
History
Prior to 1917, Bessarabian intelligentsia was divided between noblemen, conservatives, democrats, and socialists. Vasile Stroescu, a rich but very modest filantrop bo ...
. Soon after, he was elected as a member of the
Moldovan Parliament
The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supreme representative body of the Republic of Moldova, the only state legislative authority, being a unicameral structure composed of 101 elected MPs on lists, for a period of 4 years. Parliamen ...
.
After the Soviet invasion of
Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''ŠŠµŃŃŠ°ŃŠ°ĢŠ±ŃŃ'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
in 1940, he became a political prisoner in
USSR
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, but in May 1941, he was exchanged for the Communist
Ana Pauker
Ana Pauker (born Hannah Rabinsohn; 13 February 1893 ā 3 June 1960) was a Romanian communist leader and served as the country's foreign minister in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Ana Pauker became the world's first female foreign minister whe ...
.
External links
DICTIONAR AL MEMBRILOR SFATULUI TARII DIN CHISINAU (VI)
Notes
1879 births
1949 deaths
Romanian people of Moldovan descent
People from FloreČti District
Moldovan MPs 1917ā1918
Bessarabian Peasants' Party politicians
National Moldavian Party politicians
Prisoners and detainees of the Soviet Union
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