Ion Dincă (November 3,

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

– January 9,

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) was a

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communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

politician and

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general who served as Deputy

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

and

Mayor of Bucharest The Mayor of Bucharest ( ro, Primarul General al Municipiului București), sometimes known as the General Mayor, is the head of the Bucharest City Hall in Bucharest, Romania, which is responsible for citywide affairs, such as the water system, the ...

under the

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. Born in

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Dâmbovița County Dâmbovița County (also spelt ''Dîmbovița'', ) is a county ( județ) of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște, the most important economic, political, administrative and cultural center of the county. It has an area of ...

, in 1947, he moved to

Făgăraș Făgăraș (; german: Fogarasch, Fugreschmarkt, hu, Fogaras) is a municipiu, city in central Romania, located in Brașov County. It lies on the Olt (river), Olt River and has a population of 28,330 as of 2011. It is situated in the historical regi ...

, where he worked as a

lathe A lathe () is a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis of rotation to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, deformation, facing, and turning, with tools that are applied to the workpiece to c ...

machinist at Nitramonia company, also joining the

Romanian Communist Party The Romanian Communist Party ( ro, Partidul Comunist Român, , PCR) was a communist party in Romania. The successor to the pro-Bolshevik wing of the Socialist Party of Romania, it gave ideological endorsement to a communist revolution that woul ...

. He graduated from two

military academies A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...

, and in 1968, he was named a military adviser of the president and deputy of the Military Department of the

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, in charge with Internal Affairs, State Security, Justice and the prosecutor's office. Joining the Communist Party in 1947, between 1969 and 1989, he was a member of the Central Committee and between 1976 and 1989, he was a member of the Executive Political Committee, being in charge with Industry, Agriculture and Constructions. He also served as

, between 1976 and 1979, being in charge when the demolitions of central Bucharest occurred. Dincă was a deputy Prime Minister between 1979 and 1989. During the 1989 Revolution, he was among the people who encouraged Ceaușescu not to give in to the protesters. On 2 February 1990, after a four-day trial, Dincă was sentenced to life in prison, confiscation of all property and payment of court charges. He was freed after about five years. Afterwards, he worked for one of the companies of his son-in-law, Nicolae Badea. Nicknamed "Te leagă" (He will tie you up) because of his eagerness to have people arrested, and Balconetti (because, while he was mayor of Bucharest he forbade people to modify their balconies), he had two daughters, both of whom used to be Arabic language teachers for the

Securitate The Securitate (, Romanian for ''security'') was the popular term for the Departamentul Securității Statului (Department of State Security), the secret police agency of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Previously, before the communist regime ...

officers, who have settled in the United States after the

Romanian Revolution The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred i ...

of 1989. One of his daughters, Doina, married in the early 1980s future controversial businessman . Dincă died on January 9, 2007, and was buried at the Ghencea Military Cemetery in Bucharest.

Awards

*Work Order, Second Class (1948) *"23 August" Order (three times) *Hero of Socialist Work (1981)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinca, Ion 1928 births 2007 deaths People from Dâmbovița County People of the Romanian Revolution Romanian Communist Party politicians Romanian politicians convicted of crimes Romanian Land Forces generals Mayors of Bucharest Burials at Ghencea Cemetery