Victor Deleu (25 May 1876 – 11 December 1939) was a politician from

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. Deleu was born in Szilágyperecsen,

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, now Pericei,

Sălaj County Sălaj County () (also known as ''Land of Silvania'', ''silva, -ae'' means "forest") is a Counties of Romania, county (''județ'') of Romania, located in the north-west of the country, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical regions of Cr ...

, Romania, the son of Daniel Deleu and Iuliana Cosma. His grandfather, (1804–1880), fought alongside Avram Iancu in the Revolutions of 1848–1849. His brother, (1877–1946), participated as representative of

Șimleu Silvaniei Șimleu Silvaniei (; hu, Szilágysomlyó, german: Schomlenmarkt) is a town in Sălaj County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 14,436 people (2011 census). It is located near the ancient Dacian fortress Dacidava. Three villages are adminis ...

at the

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, where the

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was proclaimed on 1 December 1918. Victor Deleu attended elementary school in his native village from 1883 to 1887, and gymnasium at the Șimleu Silvaniei High School from 1887 1891. He continued his high school education in

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, and

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, graduating in 1895. He then enrolled at the Faculty of Law of the

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, from where he graduated in 1900. He obtained his doctorate in law at

Franz Joseph University Royal Hungarian Franz Joseph University ( hu, Magyar Királyi Ferenc József Tudományegyetem) was the second modern university in the Hungarian realm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Founded in 1872, its seat was initially in Kolozsvár (Clu ...

Cluj ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Status , subdivision_name2 = County seat , settlement_type = City , le ...

in 1902. After military service in the

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in Vienna, he practiced law in Arad from 1903 to 1905. Admitted to the bar in Oradea in 1905, he moved his practice to Șimleu Silvaniei. In 1911 he married Olivia de Bardosy, a piano teacher from

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. During

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, Deleu was a member of the

Romanian Volunteer Corps in Russia The Romanian Volunteer Corps in Russia ( ro, Corpul Voluntarilor români din Rusia), or Volunteer Corps of Transylvanians-Bukovinians (''Corpul Voluntarilor ardeleni-bucovineni'', ''Corpul Voluntarilor transilvăneni și bucovineni''), was a milit ...

. He served with

Gheorghe Pop de Băsești Gheorghe Pop de Băsești () or George Pop de Băsești (), also known under the nickname ''Badea'' Gheorghe or ''Badea'' George (roughly Brother or Uncle Gheorghe/George) (1 August 1835 – 23 February 1919) was an Imperial Austrian-born Roman ...

and

Iuliu Maniu Iuliu Maniu (; 8 January 1873 – 5 February 1953) was an Austro-Hungarian-born lawyer and Romanian politician. He was a leader of the National Party of Transylvania and Banat before and after World War I, playing an important role in the U ...

in the Governing Council of Transylvania during the region's provisional autonomy, until April 1920. He then served as Mayor of Cluj from 11 June 1932 to 18 November 1933.Victor Deleu (1876–1939)
/ref> He died in Cluj in 1939. Streets in Cluj-Napoca and

are named after him.

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Victor Deleu Enciclopedia României
1876 births 1939 deaths People from Sălaj County Eötvös Loránd University alumni Franz Joseph University alumni Romanian journalists Mayors of Cluj-Napoca {{Romania-bio-stub