Savel Rădulescu (October 19, 1885 – August 27, 1970) was a Romanian diplomat. He started his career in 1921 and worked as secretary of

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at the

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. For his diplomatic activity he was distinguished with the

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. He was undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the following governments: * October 21, 1932 – January 13, 1933 in the

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Government. * January 14, 1933 – November 9, 1933 in the

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Government * November 14, 1933 – December 29, 1933 in the

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Government * January 5, 1934 – October 1, 1934 in the first

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Government * October 10, 1934 – August 29, 1936 in the second

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and of the continued increase of the war reparations demanded. In 1946 he sent an official complaint to the representatives of the

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, the

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and the

. In 1946 he also was part of the Romanian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. After the instauration of the communist regime,

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, Gheorghe Gheorgiu-Dej, and

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demanded in an ultimatum to

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that the "murderer" Savel Rădulescu, be at once arrested and punished (along with general

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and

). In 1948 he was arrested and detained at the

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, and

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prisons. In 1951 he was sentenced to 2 years of confinement and thereafter to 8 years forced labour, for the complaint he had written in 1946.''Diplomatul Savel Rădulescu'', Publicațiile Muzeului Vrancea, Editura Palass, 2003 He died in Bucharest in 1970.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Radulescu, Savel 1885 births 1970 deaths Romanian diplomats Romanian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference of 1946 Inmates of Jilava Prison People detained by the Securitate Romanian prisoners and detainees